Surfing teaches patience . On land, surfers cannot will a swell to appear. They have to wait for nature to make the call. So surfers wait . They keep their eyes on the horizon and they wait.

Surfing is all about uncertainty. That feeling of taking a risk, that leap of faith every time I jump into the ocean, that paddle out among things unseen — all of these make surfing very special

I will catch a wave every day, even in my mind.

The energy that moves across the ocean connects all surfers who ride it.

One word defines the essence of surfing better for me than any other — stoke . One of the best things about stoke is that you can pass it along to someone who has never heard the expression.

All surfers are joined by one ocean.

If you have time, you need a vision. If you have money you need a purpose.

You may travel the whole world, but you'll not find true religion anywhere. Whatever there is, it is in your own mind.

Sometimes it takes me days or weeks to get something clear in my head on what I want to do. Everything is in steps. One thing leads to another.

The end of all knowledge must be the building up of character.

There's such a freedom about being an artist... You're not accountable - you're this renegade thing.

I've got Flossie dog, and she is great. She and I are still in love, 14 years. That's a relationship that works.

When we are filled with the Spirit of God, we are filled with joy, with peace and with happiness no matter what our circumstances may be; for it is a spirit of cheerfulness and of happiness.

Sometimes we praise the way things used to be in order to blame the present, and we esteem what is no longer in order to scorn what is.

Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?

I don't let nobody sign for my money. Me and my wife write our own checks. So, if there's some money missing, we know how it got missing.