Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by Garrett McNamara - Page 2

It's what I love to do and I'll never stop surfing.

My brothers said I was always the craziest, always pushing buttons.

God must love tow surfers - and I'm not a religious person.

I don't measure waves; I'm just blessed to be surfing.

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.

I got married at the lighthouse , the 16th-century Forte de Sao Miguel Arcanjo, on the edge of the promontory of Sitio.

There's giant waves in numerous occasions around the world, it's a matter of the wind being offshore.

To be honest, as an average American, one who got his education in the ocean, I didn't know where Portugal was.

It never happens in Europe, and I'm not sure how often it happens here in Australia, but in Hawaii and all over the United States nobody knows what a fast lane is.

Surfing is my life. It's my passion.

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

The world would be a much better place if everyone was doing what they wanted to do.

I had gotten too comfortable. I was desensitized whenever I got in the water. I started riding big waves for that rush, but now that feeling is nonexistent.

I'm hurtling down bumpy, choppy water very close to being out of control, doing everything I can to stay on my board. One misstep and you're going to get squashed by tons of water. To not get hurt, I need to take everything into consideration: strength, nutrition and mind-set.

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

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

If I go to the gym and I put the headphones on, I'm going to go a hundred and ten percent until I leave.

To acknowledge that the biggest wave in the world might be a shore break off a little Portuguese town no one has ever heard of flies in the face of what passes for reason in the surf world.

I wake up early, between 3 and 5 in the morning.

When I was sixteen I was terrified and I vowed never to surf waves over ten feet tall.

You know every wave is so different. It just depends on the ride, like when you come down and you don't make the wave and you get blown up and you just feel like so small, but also so alive, because you're at the mercy of this monster and its gotten hold of you and shaking you and rattling you.

I love working out to Eminem.

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.

Danger is real. But fear is something we create.

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

I've been soulsearching: why do I do this? Because I don't really get the rush on these waves, and I don't surf for records. It's more to do with my love for Nazare - I want to bring attention to the town.

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

I lose my mind if I miss a swell that I want to be on and I have the ability to be on it.

Nazare is crazy. When you're out in the ocean, and you're a little bit past the wave, outside, it doesn't really look that big. And then, once you get towed into this thing, it is like coming down a mountain, like going over a cliff.

You can go very quickly from heaven and find yourself in hell.

I got desensitized by riding so many big waves that I don't really get a rush anymore.

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

I'm not a thrill seeker.

When I took off on nearly vertical waves that no one else would touch, people assumed I had no fear. When they watched me suffer epic wipeouts then come up smiling, it was decided I had a screw loose.

I might just paddle out to hang out, and if I get a wave, I'd do it, but if I don't, it's still worth it.

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

In other sports, you get to breathe if you make a mistake.

It's a matter of facing your fears. Going where you're not comfortable, after you do it so many times, and you have so many heavy, heavy experiences, then all of the sudden it becomes normal.