Surfing is my religion, if I have one.

It's like the mafia. Once you're in - your in. There's no getting out.

Not to sound too deep or weird, but I think that the times when you really appreciate surfing are the times you're really sort of becoming one with nature. Surfing's as raw of a sport as it gets.

Motivation is temporary. Inspiration is permanent.

The joy of surfing is so many things combined, from the physical exertion of it, to the challenge of it, to the mental side of the sport.

It's all about where your mind's at

I think when a surfer becomes a surfer, it's almost like an obligation to be an environmentalist at the same time.

For a surfer, it's never-ending. There's always some wave you want to surf.

I've always thought surfing is a reflection of who you are.

Most anything I've ever set my mind to, I could accomplish.

A wave isn't like a skate ramp or mountain; everything's moving around, and you have to time how to move along with it. That's easier with a slow wave.

May your sleep be your death, and your wakefulness be your heaven.

Honest. It's almost always best to go with honest. It means you never have to worry about getting your story straight.

Whenever governments adopt a moral tone - as opposed to an ethical one - you know something is wrong.

Knowing your inner voice and how you will confront it, is like talking to yourself in front of the mirror and appreciate it.

'Star Wars' is more fairy tale than true science fiction.

Should l go on playing bridge and dining, going in the same old monotonous circle? It's easy that way, but it's a sort of suicide, too.

My experiences with gender bias are probably the norm. What I found was that expectations of women were simply lower, and this resulted in being overlooked for certain opportunities.

Wisdom never learned silence, and it is most annoying when least wanted.

Believing absolutely everything that appears in print.

Alexander III of Macedon is known as Alexander the Great because he killed more people of more different kinds than any other man of his time.