“I love the ocean, and I love surfing. It's something so special and unique, and surfing is unlike any other sport. Skateboarding is amazing, you get the adrenaline rush, but you don't get the feel of the ocean, of doing its own thing. Totally surrounding you. Definitely a unique thing, it's a blessing, and a huge part of my healing process I would say.” FeelsSportsProcessHealingSpecialHugeBlessingOceanUniqueSurfingAdrenalineSkateboardingHealing ProcessAdrenaline RushUnique Things Author:Bethany Hamilton
“Surfing is like that. You are either vigorously cursing or else you are idiotically pleased with yourself.” SportsSurfingCursing Book:The man in the brown suit Source: The man in the brown suit
“I need to work with great directors and actors, people who are better than me, so that I am challenged. It is like playing sports - surfing, basketball, it doesn't matter what it is, if you play with people who are better than you, then you get better too. It is the same thing with acting.” PeopleIfsNeedsMatterPlayActorsSportsActingDirectorsBasketballGet BetterSurfingBetter Than YouPlaying Sports Author:Paul Walker
“I really enjoy surfing a lot. It's an awesome sport. With surfing there are no mind games versus Peyton Manning, or versus anyone else. It's not me trying to throw a certain shot put further - or to put a ball in a hoop, it's just me against mother nature.” TryingMindMotherCertainGamesSportsEnjoyShotsBallsVersusSurfingMother NatureAwesome SportsMind GamesPeyton Author:Troy Polamalu
“I've been surfing for a couple years, in the offseason in California and in Hawaii. I'm not very good, but it's just something that to be out there in the water, no cell phone, no music... very few sports are as pure as that.” YearsSportsWaterCouplePureVery GoodPhonesCellsCaliforniaHawaiiSurfingCell PhoneOffseason Author:Troy Polamalu
“I think it's important to cross train. Surfing is a good cross training sport for your shoulders. I don't think I know of any other football player who does it, who can go and paddle out past the sets.” ThinkingKnowsDoeImportantPastSportsPlayerFootballTrainingCrossesTrainShouldersSurfingFootball Player Author:Troy Polamalu
“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.” PeopleCoursesSportsWaterDifferencesBasketballUniqueCourtGolfTranquilitySurfingGolf CourseBasketball Court Author:Troy Polamalu
“I lead a very physical life. I played a lot of sports and I spent a lot of time in the water surfing, swimming. I was a big swimmer.” BigsSportsWaterSwimmingSurfingSwimmer Author:Dustin Clare