I do believe that out of adversity comes incredible resourcefulness.

I'm a big fan of human dynamics. Nothing fascinates me more than really interesting people and human dynamics.

With any good story, you need the adversary, the heroes and villains. You need a good mixture to make it work.

La Paz, Bolivia, is the most extraordinary city.

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.

All of us make assumptions about what somebody's potential is, because we all think of why somebody can or can't do something. We make terrible assumptions.

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.