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I think it doesn’t matter if you are the best surfer in the world. I’m going to try to be the best surfer I can be. It’s not all about competing and being the best. It’s more about having fun and just doing what you love.

Bethany Hamilton

Getting back on the surfboard after the [shark] attack was the hardest thing and I did it! After that, the hardest thing was my first competition.
BETHANY HAMILTON

Competition Firsts Sharks
My belief is where I get my strength. When I’m struggling with something, I can go to him for help and I’m excited to share that.
BETHANY HAMILTON

Belief Helping Struggle
Life is full of what-ifs. You can’t let it hold you back. If you do, you’re not really living at all… just kind of going through the motions with no meaning
BETHANY HAMILTON

Kind Life Living Really
I gave my heart to Jesus when I was five-years-old and since then it’s been a special relationship. To me it’s not a religion; it’s just talking to God, reading his word, and doing my best to honor him in everything I do.
BETHANY HAMILTON

Heart Jesus Reading
Life is a lot like surfing… When you get caught in the impact zone, you’ve got to just get back up. Because you never know what may be over the next wave.
BETHANY HAMILTON

Impact May Surfing
Being able to turn to Jesus after the shark attack kept me alive.
BETHANY HAMILTON

Inspirational Jesus Sharks
We all go through rough times. We have those obstacles that seem too large to overcome or that current that you never seem to swim out of. We have to decide what matters most to us – our passions.
BETHANY HAMILTON

Passion Swim What Matter
I’m a surfer at heart. Both my parents moved to Hawaii in the 1970s, where they met and became Christians. Then they taught me and my two brothers how to love the Lord – and how to surf!
BETHANY HAMILTON

Brother Christian Heart
You fall off the horse and you get back on.
BETHANY HAMILTON

Fall Horse Inspirational
Strive to find things to be thankful for and just look for the good in who you are!
BETHANY HAMILTON

Being Looks Strive Thankful
God will give us the strength to be able to handle things. I mean, you can try to do it on your own, and sometimes you can pull off some stuff, but in the long run, it’s much easier with Him by our side.
BETHANY HAMILTON

Long Mean Running
I enjoy hanging out with friends, going on hikes and playing tennis. I also enjoy Bible study and making dinners. I have a pretty mellow life away from the water.
BETHANY HAMILTON

Dinner Tennis Water
Surfing for me is more than my lifestyle; it’s my passion, my love and it’s a part of me.
BETHANY HAMILTON

Lifestyle Passion Surfing
Being out there in the ocean, God’s creation, it’s like a gift He has given us to enjoy.
BETHANY HAMILTON

Creation Given God Ocean
I wouldn’t change what happened to me because then I wouldn’t have this chance, in front of all of you, to embrace more people than I ever could have with two arms.
BETHANY HAMILTON

Arms People Two
You don’t need easy, you just need possible.
BETHANY HAMILTON

Easy Needs Possible

I think it doesn’t matter if you are the best surfer in the world. I’m going to try to be the best surfer I can be. It’s not all about competing and being the best. It’s more about having fun and just doing what you love.

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