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

I don't see myself as legendary. If you want a legend, talk about someone like Duke Kahanamoku.

The real enemy is not fat but us. We are the misusers; we are the greedy ones. If we have no better sense than to purposefully destroy ourselves, it is no wonder that nature punishes us with vile diseases and calls in our maker long before their time. Nature remembers every extra bite of cherry pie, T-bone steak, fried chicken, pizza.

I'm one of the few dumb Jewish doctors.

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

Health is survival. But survival with style and class.

God loves happy people.