If you spend any time with a man, you'll realize that we're all still little boys.

I sometimes struggle, because my job is like the antithesis of what surfing is all about. Surfing's simple. It's real.

Attitude is attitude, whether you're a West Coast gangster or East Coast gangster, you know?

Taking chances for the people you care most about is easy. It's hard to take chances that might mean making bad decisions. But when I have to take chances about people I love, relationships, my daughter and immediate family, those decisions are easy. I make them without even thinking about it, it is usually something that just has to be done. You don't question anything, you just go for it.

My father's a protector. My father's old-school. He's a cowboy.

To know that there's a good chance that this is something that could potentially be around well after I leave this planet... it's a good feeling.

I make films and do the publicity and interviews, but then I want to get away from it all and be on my own.