26 Quotes by John John Florence

One of my biggest influences growing up was Jamie O'Brien. He was like an older brother to me.

Africa is one of my favorite places because there are so many things to do - either surfing or going to see the animals. You can drive two hours or six hours up the coast - or just 15 minutes up the road - and it's probably something you haven't seen before.

Every part of me is a surfer. I love surfing, and I love the waves that I surf. So that's the thing that I get excited about most: What kind of waves am I going to be able to surf? Am I going to be surfing alone, or will we be surfing waves that no one's surfed before? Second to that is photography.

I like to eat really early, 4 or 5 o'clock. That helps out a lot, to digest before you sleep.

I like to watch surfers and skaters that are really fast and really powerful and everything flows.

I love it when people make things look fun and easy. Guys like Dane Reynolds and Kelly Slater and Pedro on a skateboard, they're never forcing it.

In the past, I had these really high-tech boardshorts.

Training is not quite a thing for me yet. It is definitely on my list of things to do.