Doc Paskowitz Quotes & Sayings

It's easier to die when you have lived, than it is to die when you haven't. So I say to all young people, go make memories; beautiful memories. Because when the time comes to go, you won't go alone. — Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz

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

Once I learned to swim, I learned that there were waves. — Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz

A real man is capable of controlling himself before he controls his children. — Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz

The real enemy is not fat but us. We are the misusers; we are the greedy ones. If we have no better sense than to purposefully destroy ourselves, it is no wonder that nature punishes us with vile diseases and calls in our maker long before their time. Nature remembers every extra bite of cherry pie, T-bone steak, fried chicken, pizza. — Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz

Wisdom comes from intent, experience, and finding courage. — Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz

My favorite toy or game has been the ocean. My real passion is for saltwater. — Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz

God loves happy people. — Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz

When I kept surfing, surfing kept me. — Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz

I'm one of the few dumb Jewish doctors. — Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz

Health is more than the mere absence of disease, it's the presence of a superior state of well being, a pizzazz, a vitality that has to be worked for each and every day of your life. You cannot get it in a bottle or from Dr. Phil. Its got to be gotten through diet and execise and rest and recreation and attitudes of mind working all together every day of your life and then, young men can become supermen and old men can become older ... — Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz

The greatest thing in life is health. — Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz

Health is survival. But survival with style and class. — 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

Love really makes the world go round, but sex makes love go round. — Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz

The reason he [Duke Kahanamouku] didn't like me was that I liked him too much. — 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. We die when we stop living. — Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz

I love to be called Doc. — Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz

Everything that mattered, I learned from surfing. — Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz

Big wave surfers are human beings that have powers. They are men of enormous gentility. — Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz

I think it is easy to be a doctor. There are a hell of a lot more doctors than there are guys riding big Pipeline. — Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz