I try to encourage people to identify the things in life that they really want to do, so that over a period of time they can design or steer their life towards those things.

I'd always felt like I was going to take part in adventures in my life. That's what led me to diving in the shipwreck to begin with. But when you're faced with your own demise, you have to accept that you are vulnerable and that you are only here for a set period of time.

I love to be challenged because I'm wrong a lot of the times.

A good storyteller can hold everybody captive without the special effects of Hollywood.

The world is waiting for you. Good luck. Travel safe. Go!

People ask me what the most important thing to take on the race is, and I always say it's a sense of humor. If you've got nothing but a sense of humor, you will survive.

I once had a young musician come to me and say that he wanted to be a professional musician. I asked him to write his list. When he came back to me, the three things in his life he most wanted were: to be paid for his music; to travel around the world; to meet new people. We came to the decision, after thinking really creatively, that if he got a job on a cruise ship, he would fulfill those goals.