They have [...] a split personality. One moment they’re your best mate, and next they are trying to drag you down to the bottom of the sea to drown y… - Lewis Pugh

I always feel nostalgic when I disembark (off a ship). It's not that I don't like land. I just love being at sea.

As a pioneer swimmer, you've got to be willing to fail and try again. The point isn’t to learn to fail, the point is to learn to bounce back.

When we set aside MPAs we protect the marine habitat. When we do that, fish stocks recover. Which supports food security. When we create MPAs, we protect the coral, which protects the shoreline and provides shelter for fish. Marine Protected Areas are places people want to visit for ecotourism, so it's good for the economy. It has, if you'll pardon the pun, a ripple effect. Marine Protected Areas are good for the world economy, for the health of the oceans, for every person living on this planet.