Most men need their wives to need them, and I've seen that lead to their downfall

Make sure your worst enemy doesn't live between your two ears.

The biggest sin in the world would be if I lost my love for the ocean.

Exercising underwater also creates tremendous benefits by challenging your body in ways you can't on dry land.

If you just get out of your own way... It is amazing what will come to you.

People always ask me when they see me working out, "What are you training for?" The answer is I'm training for life.

Surfing's one of the few sports that you look ahead to see what's behind.

Do not be afraid of death. Be afraid of the half-lived life!

I don't want to not live because of my fear of what could happen.

I know that if I scare myself once a day, I'm a better person.

When you make a mistake, the ocean gives you an instant reminder. You get punished. If golf clubs could shock you every time you hit the ball wrong, we'd probably learn how to play golf pretty well.

There's none so blind as those who won't see.

What do little kids do? They crawl on the floor and they build with blocks. I just continued to do that for the rest of my life.

I'm more insecure than I ever let anyone know, sometimes you protect yourself with this kind of armor that people see more than they see you.

If old age means a crown of thorns, the trick is to wear it jauntily.

In books, as in life, there are no second chances. On second thought: its the next work, still to be written, that offers the second chance.

Remakes are always a challenge and they always are sitting ducks.

He never stopped wanting to save the world.

In solitude we have our dreams to ourselves, and in company we agree to dream in concert.

Venus smiles not in a house of tears.

It is very difficult for us to know we love somebody because it is an insecure position to be in. But in the end, it is important to be honest about your love because life is not that long.