Keep it fun. Don't take it too seriously. At the same time, when you do feel inspired, take it seriously, too.

Climbing is this lifestyle activity that really works every muscle in your body.

When you do hard routes, you have to try hard. They're not easy routes. You have to give everything you have. You have to get totally animalistic. When you're super pumped, I have to yell to bear down. [...] It's like martial arts. When Bruce lee threw a punch, he had to mean it. Haahhh! Like that. When you're doing a hard move, there is this excess energy you have to let out. Air explodes out of you.

Most injuries happen when you're not motivated, too, and you're forcing yourself to do something. Your mind's not aligned with your body and you're just going through the motions. That's when you're most likely to get injured.

One of the things that separates climbing from other sports is how independent and personal it is. With most sports, you either win or lose, but climbing is about your own personal experience.

With climbing you can go to the most beautiful places on the planet and practice. Anywhere there is rock, you can climb.

I think I'm a pretty creative person. I love building things. I love working on my house. Landscaping, stuff like that.