The best scientists and explorers have the attributes of kids! They ask question and have a sense of wonder. They have curiosity. 'Who, what, where, why, when, and how!' They never stop asking questions, and I never stop asking questions, just like a five year old.

I am not in any hurry to grow up.

The Earth is a unique system in the universe, the only planet we know of that's hospitable for humankind.

Our job is to keep what is working intact and not destroy what we have got.

I want to get out in the water. I want to see fish, real fish, not fish in a laboratory.

This much is certain: We have the power to damage the sea, but no sure way to heal the harm.

We've got to somehow stabilize our connection to nature so that in 50 years from now, 500 years, 5,000 years from now there will still be a wild system and respect for what it takes to sustain us.