It's all about where your mind's at

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.

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

Surfing is my religion, if I have one.

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.

Kissing her again, softly, I leave my t-shirt next to her pillow.It's the silent promise that I'll come back again tonight.

I hope you will go out and let stories happen to you, and that you will work them, water them with your blood and tears and you laughter till they bloom, till you yourself burst into bloom.

Come live in my heart, and pay no rent.

After being in the studio, I realized this is how I want to be. It just feels right.

A clear fire, a clean hearth, and the rigour of the game.

We've come to know truths that we will never question: evil is real, and it must be opposed.

Belief, in one of its accepted senses, may consist in a merely intellectual assent, while faith implies such confidence and conviction as will impel to action.

As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era.

There's no such thing as hurting someone for their own good. There's only hurting someone for your own good.

I believe in human rights for everyone, and none of us is qualified to judge each other and that none of us should therefore have that authority.