When you do hard routes, you have to try hard. They're not easy routes. You have to give everything you have. You have to get totally animalistic. When you're super pumped, I have to yell to bear down. [...] It's… — Chris Sharma Copy Share Image
I love finding something. For me it's not just about the athletic challenge, it's about finding new things. When I'm not doing that in… — Chris Sharma Copy Share Image
Climbing is this long term, lifelong journey. It's really important to just take your time with it and keep it fun. I've seen a… — Chris Sharma Copy Share Image
I had a bad knee injury when I was about seventeen. I wasn't able to climb for about six months. It was kind of… — Chris Sharma Copy Share Image
With climbing you can go to the most beautiful places on the planet and practice. Anywhere there is rock, you can climb. — Chris Sharma Copy Share Image
Climbing is so fun and such a good experience, that I think it's important not to take it too seriously. It's not the end… — Chris Sharma Copy Share Image
Climbing is this lifestyle activity that really works every muscle in your body. — Chris Sharma Copy Share Image
That's what's so amazing about climbing - it's not just a sport. It's a lifestyle, it's a way of being creative, of connecting with… — Chris Sharma Copy Share Image
Climbing is an artistic, creative thing; it's about being spontaneous, traveling, seeing the world, hanging out. It's a balance of setting goals while enjoying… — Chris Sharma Copy Share Image
I would like to be myself in life - my real self. My ego, though, is powerful and not necessarily working in my best… — Chris Sharma Copy Share Image
Climbing is my lifelong journey. And in the same way you go running and you have days where you really feel in tune, you… — Chris Sharma Copy Share Image
Climbing is a full-body sport from your fingers to your toes, but at the same time, it's like a dance on the rock. It's… — Chris Sharma Copy Share Image
For me now, I feel that climbing is a part of who I am. It's my way of life. It's my way of expressing… — Chris Sharma Copy Share Image
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