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'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.

Anything new and different is most susceptible to market research.

I do believe that out of adversity comes incredible resourcefulness.

I've always been about setting goals. Then when I had a near death experience at nineteen, it made it even more important to strive to achieve certain things.

At the end of the day, we're all judged by those we leave behind.

Our schools are filled with this potential energy, and we need to create an environment for that energy to manifest itself.