“Losing one grounds you a bit. I learned a lot after losing the title i...” — Joel Parkinson Quote

“Losing one grounds you a bit. I learned a lot after losing the title in 2009, learned that I was probably too intense that year, and when I didn't win, I just felt horrible.”

“It's the way surfing is - you grow up surfing together, and then you're thrown into a heat at Pipe or a world title bout against one another.”

“I had plenty of invites and chances to party when I just started on tour, but I knew partying would prevent me from achieving my surfing potential.”

“I'm not after a closed system, I mean I'm after a complicated system in structure, but as far as watching it, I don't think that everything should be decided.”

“Miss Fontanne and I rehearse all the time. Even after we leave the theater, we rehearse. We sleep in the same bed. We have a script on our hands when we go to bed. You can't come and tell us to stop rehearsing after eight hours.”

“I dropped out of high school three days into my senior year because I hated it because New York City public school is a mess. I certainly wasn't one for sitting in a classroom. Then I went off to college to North Carolina School of the Arts, then quit that after two years.”