The idea is to become an old wizard; to live a long and fruitful life and have family and be healthy and enjoy the ride. And speaking of the ride, why not let it rip, at least a little bit? Everyone I know who's really stoked about getting out of bed in the morning does that to some extent.

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Make sure your worst enemy doesn't live between your two ears.

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athlete inspirational sports

The biggest sin in the world would be if I lost my love for the ocean.

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People always ask me when they see me working out, "What are you training for?" The answer is I'm training for life.

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People don't want to do new things if they think they're going to be bad at them or people are going to laugh at them. You have to be willing to subject yourself to failure, to be bad, to fall on your head and do it again, and try stuff that you've never done in order to be the best you can be.

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order fall thinking

If you just get out of your own way... It is amazing what will come to you.

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ifs way

If you can look at one of these waves and you don't believe that there's something greater than we are, then you've got some serious analyzing to do and you should go sit under a tree for a very long time.

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tree long believe

Exercising underwater also creates tremendous benefits by challenging your body in ways you can't on dry land.

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land challenges exercise

Do not be afraid of death. Be afraid of the half-lived life!

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insperational afraid-of-death half

Surfing's one of the few sports that you look ahead to see what's behind.

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I don't want to not live because of my fear of what could happen.

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want happens adventure

For those searching for something more than just the norm. We lay it all down, including what others call sanity, for just a few moments on waves larger than life. We do this because we know there is still something greater than all of us. Something that inspires us spiritually. We start going down hill, when we stop taking risks.

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surfing risk inspire

Most men need their wives to need them, and I've seen that lead to their downfall

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wife men needs

I know that if I scare myself once a day, I'm a better person.

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scare fear inspirational

We're all equal before a wave.

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equal wave surfing

When you make a mistake, the ocean gives you an instant reminder. You get punished. If golf clubs could shock you every time you hit the ball wrong, we'd probably learn how to play golf pretty well.

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ocean mistake golf

In all successful relationships, the man respects the woman - and it takes a special guy to handle a successful woman. You have to be confident in who you are and what you do.

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guy successful men

All training does is get us back what we lost when we stopped having to hunt down our food. Our bodies are built for it already.

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training body doe

We are our own worst inhibitors

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worst

When you don't use sugar in your diet, all of the sudden fruits are really sweet. Honey is really sweet. Your taste buds change. I'm not psycho never have anything sweet, because that takes too much energy. The stress on your body just isn't worth it.

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I do need to travel with a purpose, though. I can't go somewhere to just hang out with friends.

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