What I love the most about surfing is that it's my first love. It's the first thing I can remember being consumed by.

Life's too short to sit around and wait.

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.'

As long as I'm still surfing wherever I am, I'll always be happy.

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

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.

Experiencing different cultures is one of the best things a human being can do. It puts your whole world into perspective.