Surfing is something I just crave.

Do what you want, and if people are going to judge you for it, who cares? You might not fit in, but that's okay. Everyone thought I was weird in high school!

If you act weird, people are going to treat you weird, but if you're just yourself, people respond to that.

Perfection is impossible. Trying to do your best is important, but loving yourself and loving others should come first.

There's no need to bully; be kind to unwind!

I love the ocean and have a passion for surfing, even though I'm not very good at it. I like getting out there and paddling around.

Everyone always says that guys are intimidated by me, but I seriously doubt it. I mean, I'm five-foot-nothing!

When you're a kid, you have these big ideas and these big dreams to make a change, or maybe you feel like you can't make a difference.

Boys and girls can be friends. It's not weird. They're a person and they can be your best friend in the whole world.

When I was younger, I didn't want to be on TV.

I think you can go to school at any age.

When a storm shows up, always remind yourself a rainbow is hiding behind it.

We cannot run away from our problems. We have to pray for strength to conquer,

A grief travels with us as far as we carry it.

As someone pointed out, you could have an attribute that says 'optimize the heck out of this routine', and your definition of heck would be a parameter to the optimizer.

Law hath dominion over all things, over universal mind and matter; For there are reciprocities of rights, which no creature can gainsay.

Gymnastics has given me everything in my life. I will continue to stay involved and try to give back to the sport that has given me so much.

Though like the wanderer, The sun gone down, Darkness be over me, My rest a stone; Yet in my dreams I'd be Nearer, my God, to Thee.

It is perfectly true, as philosophers say, that life must be understood backwards. But they forget the other proposition, that it must be lived forwards.

Nothing else is necessary but these - love, sincerity, and patience.

As much as I love heavy riffs, I like The Eagles, Neil Young, Elton John, Crowded House.