I am driven by what I know; that the world I love is in trouble.

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

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

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

If you make the choice to just go with the flow, that is a choice to make a difference in a negative way.

We want to think of ourselves as truly special creatures that are unique in the universe and, well, we are. And we have that capacity to wonder, to question, and to see ourselves in the context of all of life that has preceded the present time, and all that will go off far into the future, one way or another.

It isn't too late to shift from the swift, sharp decline of ocean systems in recent decades to an era of steady recovery. There is time, and there is a growing awareness, which is the best way to counter indifference. People who know might care.