You know what I say about innovation and ideas is it's just a new application of an old idea. For anyone to have what they would think would be an original thought at this point in humanity is insanity.

The greatest competition is life. You want to talk about the real game? ... Because all these other things, they're games. But the real game, the big game, is life.

You know what my favorite term is? The victory through attrition ... The last guy standing. I'm all about that .... You can have your little wins... but I'm talking about, like, at the end when you're the only one left on the battlefield and everybody's laying on the ground, then you don't even have to be any good...

There was a woman who did some incredible innovation. I don't even know her name or what she did, but I appreciated what she said ... They asked her, 'When you have a great idea, what should you do?' And she goes, 'Just don't tell anybody for at least a year because they will discourage you.'

They did a study with 10,000 couples, and they said that the only thing that was consistent amongst all successful couples, no matter what the dynamics were, was that the man respected the woman.

That's my grandmaster ... I'd have to say that the ocean probably has had the biggest impact on shaping the way I behave more than any one person—except maybe my mom because she birthed me and she had a huge influence, of course.

I think the most honest way you can live is to know that dying is very easy and you can die any minute.

There's a great quote that I love—it says 'Never let your memories be bigger than your dreams.'

I tell young athletes all the time—I go, 'Listen... It's important for you to know how to talk. It's important for you to know how to behave in public ... It'll bring you a lot more opportunities. Because you can be a great athlete, but if you can't talk and you don't know how to act, you're going to have a limited potential.'

Being a surfer is like being alcoholic; everybody's one—it's just whether you drink or not. Everybody's a surfer—it's just whether you surf or not.

A quote I really like... They say that innovative people are fulfilled by accomplishing things and that competitive people are fulfilled by beating others.

I think both Gabby and I have always had to be creative in our career just because we were in such niche sports that it forced us to be a little bit more entrepreneurial in general.