Quotes from Stephanie Gilmore

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.

Surfers are in tune with the weather because if there's a storm coming, there are waves coming. I love the rain.

Winning is euphoric, but it lasts a short time. You've got to lap it up, then move on to the next thing. I think I've kept winning because I haven't attached myself to past successes.

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.'