We must protect our ocean as if our lives depend upon it, because they do.

We have the power to abstain from destructive behavior.

I've spent thousands of hours under water. And even in the deepest dive I have ever made, 2.5 miles (about 4 kilometers) down, I saw trash and other tangible evidence of our presence.

America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference.

I actually love diving at night; you see a lot of fish then that you don't see in the daytime.

Historically, girls have not been encouraged to be scientists, to be explorers, and there's a social kind of constraint, of course. Having the responsibility, a disproportionate part of the responsibility, for caring for families, caring for children. I know this challenge from firsthand experience because I have three children and four grandsons.And some of the time I have spent as a scientist and as an explorer has meant choosing to not be with my children and grandchildren as much as I might otherwise have done had I not been a scientist, an explorer.

Fish from all over the world, from deep in the sea, wind up in countries from Germany to Japan. That is just crazy.