John John Florence Quotes

A life lesson for me is, how do you muster the courage to take on a new risk? Whether it's starting up a business or taking on a new project or expedition. I think the risks that we take are all relative to the risk-taker.

Some people revel in taking risks, and some go through life taking no risks at all.

People say they want to be in risky environments and do all kinds of exciting stuff. But they don't actually know what risk means: that risk actually does bring failure and mistakes.

I'm not going to jump out of airplanes or anything like someone else I know.

I like to scare myself and throw myself off the deep end.

I don't think I ever take huge risks, though I'm not scared of doing so.

Of course risk-taking does not always pay off, but it's a lot of fun!

You gotta go out and do the stuff that's going to be pushing the sport and stuff that's going to be next level and scary. It's all about going out and doing those tricks and pretty much surviving.

The art of climbing is to go where you go knowing that you could die, but you don't die. That is adventure.

I wonder if it's like this for mountain climbers, he thought. You climb bigger and bigger mountains and you know that one day one of them is going to be just that bit too steep. But you go on doing it, because it’s so-o good when you breathe the air up there. And you know you'll die falling.

All my life the only thing I've been good at has been climbing and throwing myself off big things.

But I've never really done anything that implies any kind of danger. I wouldn't skydive, I wouldn't deep sea dive, I wouldn't parachute. I think you're really just rolling the dice. Who packed your chute the night before?

For me, one of the things that I get excited about is getting in situations I shouldn't be in.

I'm not really comfortable unless there's some kind of risk - either physical or mental.

I want to do things that scare me, and also have a good time.

I like walking on the edge.

I'm really into extreme sports and just having fun.

Without exposure to potential failure, there is no risk.

The greatest risk is really to take no risk at all. You've got to go out there, jump off the cliff, and take chances.

I know what my comfort zones are. But without a back-up, I will never step out of my comfort zone. I don't go bungee jumping; I won't jump from the third floor without a safety net. I don't do such things. That's not my personality type.

I don't have any feeling of accomplishment about anything unless there's a lot of risk to it.

Death frames the high wire. But I don't see myself as taking risks. I do all of the preparations that a non-death seeker would do.

I'll try anything once. It's always good to see peoples' faces surprised - surprised that I race, or that I surf, that I trekked through the Himalayas. As long as I don't die, I'm good.

There's still nothing I love more than being in the air. I've always liked speed and things on wheels, going out there and putting it all out there, being on the edge.

I've seen so many scripts, and I want to do everything. Like with kiteboarding, you have to be fearless. I'm not scared.