The ocean is my church and my playground, and it's where I love to be. It's where I belong. — Garrett McNamara Copy Share Image
I went to Alaska a while back and surfed the waves generated from a glacier calving and ever since then, I've never… — Garrett McNamara Copy Share Image
It didn't matter if we didn't have new bikes and skateboards and a nice car, and a lot of food in the… — Garrett McNamara Copy Share Image
In Nazare, the ocean is known as a place of death, not of riding waves. — Garrett McNamara Copy Share Image
To be honest, as an average American, one who got his education in the ocean, I didn't know where Portugal was. — Garrett McNamara Copy Share Image
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… — Garrett McNamara Copy Share Image
When you're underwater getting pounded, you are at the mercy of the ocean. — Garrett McNamara Copy Share Image
I used to not care if I died, but once I married and had children and became part of a big surfing community, that… — Garrett McNamara Copy Share Image
The surfers' code is that you surf your wave and let the world discuss it as you move on to the next one. — Garrett McNamara Copy Share Image
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… — Garrett McNamara Copy Share Image
I lose my mind if I miss a swell that I want to be on and I have the ability to be on it. — Garrett McNamara Copy Share Image
The ocean is my church and my playground, and it's where I love to be. It's where I belong. — Garrett McNamara Copy Share Image
There's giant waves in numerous occasions around the world, it's a matter of the wind being offshore. — Garrett McNamara Copy Share Image
The first time I tried surfing, we went out in front of Cement City and I just remember falling in love. It just instantly… — Garrett McNamara Copy Share Image
I lived for big waves. It's where I felt comfortable and I could surf with ease. With smaller waves, it didn't feel as natural. — Garrett McNamara Copy Share Image
