Life's too short to sit around and wait.

Surfers are in tune with the weather because if there's a storm coming, there are waves coming. I love the rain.

Fear - It's a fine line between that and pushing yourself. You definitely reach new heights when you push. But fear is good. Fear keeps us alive. If we didn't have it, we'd be doing crazy things and getting in sticky situations.

I've always had a determination to perfect whatever I'm doing. If I can't do something, I work on it until I figure it out.

My sisters did ballet when we were younger and I remember sitting in the car with my dad and going 'can we hurry up and go surfing!?, I'm sick of waiting for my sisters and their ballet classes.'

Winning is euphoric, but it lasts a short time. You've got to lap it up, then move on to the next thing. I think I've kept winning because I haven't attached myself to past successes.

The ocean humbles you. You can go and win a world title, but you're never going to beat the ocean.