You don't have to touch the ocean for the ocean to touch you

We humans have this idea that the ocean is so big, so vast, so resilient that it doesn't matter what we do to it. That may have been true 1,000 years ago. But in the last 100, especially the last 50 years, we have destroyed the assets that make our lives possible.

I hope that someday we will find evidence that there is intelligent life among humans on this planet.

Scientists never stop asking. They're little kids who never grew up.

People ask: Why should I care about the ocean? Because the ocean is the cornerstone of earth's life support system, it shapes climate and weather. It holds most of life on earth. 97% of earth's water is there. It's the blue heart of the planet - we should take care of our heart. It's what makes life possible for us. We still have a really good chance to make things better than they are. They won't get better unless we take the action and inspire others to do the same thing. No one is without power. Everybody has the capacity to do something.

Ignorance is the biggest problem of all for the ocean - and for many other things as well.

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