Some of the most profound realizations that I came to about health did not derive from medicine, but derived from surfing.

- Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz

I love to be called Doc.

- Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz

The reason he [Duke Kahanamouku] didn't like me was that I liked him too much.

- Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz

Health is a presence of a superior state of wellbeing, a vigor, a vitality, a pizzazz you have to work for every single day of your life.

- Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz

Death is not a stalker, always looking for us. Death is a scorekeeper tallying up how much we love life and how much we are willing to work for it. W…

- Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz

It's easier to die when you have lived than it is to die when you haven't.

- Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz

I don't see myself as legendary. If you want a legend, talk about someone like Duke Kahanamoku.

- Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz

There is a wisdom in the wave - high-born, beautiful - for those who would but paddle out.

- Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz

The greatest thing in life is health.

- Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz