Love God; love others; do your best in all you do, even if you fall short!

Getting back on the surfboard after the [shark] attack was the hardest thing and I did it! After that, the hardest thing was my first competition.

When I was about five, I gave my heart to Jesus Christ, and since then it's just been a stronghold in my life. Really, through the shark attack and all the hard times that my family and I went through, it gave us unity and perseverance to push through all this crazy stuff that we never knew was going to happen.

I don't really want people looking to me for inspiration. I just want to be a sign along the way that points toward Heaven.

I'm actually not star-struck... I like to give people their own space and admire them from a distance.

You don't need easy, you just need possible.

Besides surfing, I play tennis, volleyball, I swim, I run hills, or I do high-intensity, high-interval workouts. I'm up at 5 A.M. every day.