Quotes from Garrett McNamara

In yoga, you need to focus on staying in the moment in a sometimes uncomfortably hot room. That focus and alertness help when I'm riding waves.

When I was five-years-old I was jumping off two-story buildings.

You always hear, 'You can do whatever you want. You can make your dreams come true.' It's kind of a cliche, and I always thought of it as a cliche.

One of my favorite road trips of all time was here, in Australia, in Western Oz.

When you put a lot into something, the triumphs are so overwhelming with joy.

If you have fear then it means you are not living in the moment.

Fear is when we're thinking about the past or thinking about the future, two things that do not exist. If we stay in the moment, do our best in the moment, enjoy the moment, there is no fear.

My son was made on North Beach, and my daughter was named after Nazare.

When you're underwater getting pounded, you are at the mercy of the ocean.

I love being underwater.

If you have the ocean and you have your board, nothing matters.

It didn't matter if we didn't have new bikes and skateboards and a nice car, and a lot of food in the fridge. We were in the ocean just enjoying life to the fullest.

I've got a stretching program that's specific to my body, to keep my lower back mobile and my shoulders strong.

Nothing I've achieved in my life has ever come about because of alcohol.

I'd become the little surfer in my childhood drawings.

CrossFit is amazing if you can leave your ego at the door.

I love working out to Eminem.

If I'm physically feeling ready, then fear does not enter my mind. I don't let fear enter my mind.

Nazare loves me! I said God loves surfers, but Mama Nazare definitely loves me.