Laird Hamilton Quotes

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• Make sure your worst enemy doesn't live between your two ears.

  Laird Hamilton

  Inspirational, Sports, Athlete

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  The biggest sin in the world would be if I lost my love for the ocean.

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  Ocean, Surfing, Would Be

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• If you just get out of your own way... It is amazing what will come to you.

  Laird Hamilton

  Way, Ifs

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• People don't want to do new things if they think they're going to be bad at them or people are going to laugh at them. You have to be willing to subject yourself to failure, to be bad, to fall on your head and do it again, and try stuff that you've never done in order to be the best you can be.

  Laird Hamilton

  Fall, Thinking, Order

  "Assets Management". www.outsideonline.com. June 5, 2007.

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• People always ask me when they see me working out, "What are you training for?" The answer is I'm training for life.

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  People, Work Out, Training

  "Laird Hamilton and Gabby Reece for the winter cover of Inspirato Magazine". Interview with Grant Davis, www.lairdhamilton.com. December 08, 2014.

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• Do not be afraid of death. Be afraid of the half-lived life!

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  Insperational, Half, Afraid Of Death

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• If you can look at one of these waves and you don't believe that there's something greater than we are, then you've got some serious analyzing to do and you should go sit under a tree for a very long time.

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  Believe, Long, Tree

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• I know that if I scare myself once a day, I'm a better person.

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  Inspirational, Fear, Scare

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• I don't want to not live because of my fear of what could happen.

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  Adventure, Want, Happens

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• We're all equal before a wave.

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  Surfing, Wave, Equal

  Laird Hamilton (2008). “Force of Nature: Mind, Body, Soul (And, of Course, Surfing)”, p.180, Rodale

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• Exercising underwater also creates tremendous benefits by challenging your body in ways you can't on dry land.

  Laird Hamilton

  Exercise, Land, Challenges

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• For those searching for something more than just the norm. We lay it all down, including what others call sanity, for just a few moments on waves larger than life. We do this because we know there is still something greater than all of us. Something that inspires us spiritually. We start going down hill, when we stop taking risks.

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  Inspire, Surfing, Risk

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• Surfing's one of the few sports that you look ahead to see what's behind.

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  Sports, Surfing, Riding The Wave

  "Laird Hamilton: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. March 23, 2011.

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• The idea is to become an old wizard; to live a long and fruitful life and have family and be healthy and enjoy the ride. And speaking of the ride, why not let it rip, at least a little bit? Everyone I know who's really stoked about getting out of bed in the morning does that to some extent.

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  Morning, Rip, Ideas

  Laird Hamilton (2010). “Force of Nature: Mind, Body, Soul (And, of Course, Surfing)”, p.11, Rodale

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• Most men need their wives to need them, and I've seen that lead to their downfall

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  Men, Wife, Needs

  "Laird Hamilton and Gabby Reece for the Winter cover of Inspirato Magazine". Interview with Grant Davis, www.lairdhamilton.com. December 8, 2014.

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• Wiping out is an underappreciated skill.

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  Skills, Surfing, Wiping Out

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• When you make a mistake, the ocean gives you an instant reminder. You get punished. If golf clubs could shock you every time you hit the ball wrong, we'd probably learn how to play golf pretty well.

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  Mistake, Ocean, Golf

  "Laird Hamilton: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. March 23, 2011.

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• We are our own worst inhibitors

  Laird Hamilton

  Worst

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• All training does is get us back what we lost when we stopped having to hunt down our food. Our bodies are built for it already.

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  Training, Doe, Body

  "Laird Hamilton and Gabby Reece for the winter cover of Inspirato Magazine". Interview with Grant Davis, www.lairdhamilton.com. December 08, 2014.

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• Life with three daughters can be nerve-wracking, but it's amazing to be loved by so many different women.

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  Daughter, Different, Three

  "Laird Hamilton and Gabby Reece for the winter cover of Inspirato Magazine". Interview with Grant Davis, www.lairdhamilton.com. December 08, 2014.

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• In all successful relationships, the man respects the woman - and it takes a special guy to handle a successful woman. You have to be confident in who you are and what you do.

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  Successful, Men, Guy

  "Laird Hamilton and Gabby Reece for the Winter cover of Inspirato Magazine". Interview with Grant Davis, www.lairdhamilton.com. December 8, 2014.

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• I do need to travel with a purpose, though. I can't go somewhere to just hang out with friends.

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  Needs, Purpose, Hanging Out

  "Laird Hamilton and Gabby Reece for the winter cover of Inspirato Magazine". Interview with Grant Davis, www.lairdhamilton.com. December 08, 2014.

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• Normally, people who are frustrated out in the water are frustrated on land. They brought their frustration with them. If you go to a beach where there are a hundred guys out, and you paddle out looking to ride waves alone, you're setting yourself up.

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  Beach, Frustration, Land

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• When you don't use sugar in your diet, all of the sudden fruits are really sweet. Honey is really sweet. Your taste buds change. I'm not psycho never have anything sweet, because that takes too much energy. The stress on your body just isn't worth it.

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  Sweet, Stress, Use

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• The amount of things you can do with a kettlebell is unsurpassed by any other training equipment - dumbbells, resistance machines, free weights.

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  Training, Machines, Weight

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