If you don't eat right as an athlete, you'll get tired and won't be as sharp. It's simple to drink sodas and sports drinks, but water is the most essential drink to put in your body.

I do have a trophy room. It's in my attic in boxes.

I've always been a very self-aware person.

I knew that I had it tough compared to children around me. But I felt like I needed it. I think I had the wisdom as a child to know that it would help me later on.

There are very few sports where you can find that tranquility. Some people find that in golf, but when you're in the water it's such a difference from the golf course or the basketball court. That's what makes surfing unique over any other sport.

On the field is a place where you can just let it loose and react to everything with violence.

Orthodox chanting is non-emotional, it's very monotone.