Health is a presence of a superior state of wellbeing, a vigor, a vitality, a pizzazz you have to work for every single day of your life.

When I kept surfing, surfing kept me.

Wisdom comes from intent, experience, and finding courage.

Once I learned to swim, I learned that there were waves.

The reason he [Duke Kahanamouku] didn't like me was that I liked him too much.

I'm one of the few dumb Jewish doctors.

Some of the most profound realizations that I came to about health did not derive from medicine, but derived from surfing.