Army Quote by Erik Prince

I loved being a SEAL. I loved working with those kind of guys and a sense of mission, and Blackwater was started to continue…

— Erik Prince

Because I had worked the river boats some summers, pushing as far as New Orleans, I joined the Merchant Marine.

— Clint Walker

I swam. We made it, our team, from the rocks of Cuba to the beach of Florida, in squeaky-clean, ethical fashion.

— Diana Nyad

My job was to make sure the base entrances were secure, that people entering were scanned and cleared, and that people within the bases…

— Lacey Evans

I grew up on the north shore of Oahu, mainly around the beach, so I was surrounded by surfing and everything to do with…

— Evan Mock

I flipped through a book on harp seals in the late 1970s and saw images of them swimming in emerald green pools of water…

— Brian Skerry

My mom, dad and me were a compact group. They instilled in me a love for the outdoors. On school breaks, we'd go fishing…

— John Carter Cash

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 wanted my children to have the same exposure to the water I had. My strongest memories of Northeast Harbor are going in a…

— Parker Stevenson

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

— Evan Mock