There’s no such thing as a handicap – it’s all in your head
BETHANY HAMILTONTo lose your everyday life of surfing and being creative on waves, enjoying the ocean – that’s scary to me. It was essential to at least try surfing again and get out there and see how it went.
More Bethany Hamilton Quotes
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I don’t really want people looking to me for inspiration. I just want to be a sign along the way that points toward Heaven.
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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
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Love is bigger then a tsunami, stronger then any fear.
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Learning how to deal with people and their reactions to my life is one of the most challenging things… people staring at me, people asking rude questions, dealing with media, stuff like that.
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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.
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God has a lot more to give and to offer than the world has to give.
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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.
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Love is bigger than any tidal wave or fear.
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You fall off the horse and you get back on.
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Your looks do not define who you are.
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My favorite thing [about surfing] is being creative on waves; it’s like an art form. You can do whatever you want on that wave if you work hard at it and just have fun out there.
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I don’t need easy, I just need possible.
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I’m actually not star-struck… I like to give people their own space and admire them from a distance.
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I just love being on the ocean and being creative on the waves and the feeling you get when you’re surfing. All around it’s beautiful and fun.
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I can’t change it, That was God’s plan for my life and I’m going to go with it.
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