People look at me like I should have been like Malcolm X or Martin Luther King or Rosa Parks. I should have seen life like that and stay out of trouble, and don't do this and don't do that. But it's hard to live up to some people's expectations.

I'm a religious person. I remember my mom told me: 'Vengeance belongs to God. It's up to him to wreak vengeance.' It's hard for me to get to that point, but that's the work of God.

We could all get along if we just hang out at iSurfing.

As far as having peace within myself, the one way I can do that is forgiving the people who have done wrong to me. It causes more stress to build up anger. Peace is more productive.

I sometimes feel like I'm caught in a vise. Some people feel like I'm some kind of hero. Others hate me.

Anybody can get bigheaded once they know the seat cannot be pulled out from under them.

I know and value what it means to wake up and be alive and to share my story. I'm so blessed to be here and to be able to talk about it.