Boat Quote by Clint Walker

As a youngster I worked the river boats going down the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers, pushing barges to Chicago, then all the way down…

— Clint Walker

After working as a charter boat captain and dive master in the Caribbean for a number of years, I decided it was time for…

— Jamie Hyneman

I spent six years before the mast on all types of merchant ships, and naturally I feel well qualified for seafaring roles.

— Van Heflin

I went into the Navy because I love the ocean, and I am still privileged to have a place that I can go to…

— John F. Kerry

I respected it. I submerged myself into it. So on a lot of days off I would go and fish with the fishermen and…

— Emeril Lagasse

I grew up sailing in the North Sea.

— Laura Dekker

I joined the Navy hoping to be submariner and ended up in the sub service aboard a tender in the Pacific.

— Tony Curtis

I was head of the Cold Weather Warfare unit within the Special Boat Service. My job was to do extreme climbs, learn about new…

— Nirmal Purja

I had hoped to go to law school, but the war started, and because of the strong feeling that I did not want to…

— Douglass North

I commanded a naval gunboat patrolling the Mekong Delta. Then when I came home after two tours of duty, I decided that the same…

— John F. Kerry

I worked offshore as an oil worker for a couple of years.

— Richard Linklater

I used to work on a boat in Hawaii, taking people out to swim with sharks.

— Evan Mock