The terrifying physics of going up-mast in heavy seas are inescapable.

I am twelve thousand miles wiser, twelve thousand miles more resilient, and I have twelve thousand miles more faith in God.

I was so thankful that my parents trusted me enough and had enough faith in my abilities to let me follow my passion and try to do something great, even if I might fail.

Fewer people have successfully solo-circumnavigated the globe than have journeyed into space.

The things that happen on the sea take you beyond yourself, beyond human capability.

On June 10, the worst storm in the series swept across the middle of the Indian Ocean and Wild Eyes was directly in its path.

I wanted to break the record, of course, and become the youngest person to sail around the world solo and unassisted.

Wild Eyes was built for speed and I was flying down walls of water twenty and thirty feet high.

The open ocean often takes you past your physical limits and when it does, sailing becomes a mental game.

Going up the mast is one of the most dangerous things you can do as a solo sailor.

But none of that kept me from picturing what a tsunami might look like if it did rise up and roar toward my little boat like some watery blue version of the Great Wall of China.

If we aren't willing to do whatever is required, " he said finally, "then we risk losing what we have been mandated to protect.

I think suspense is a big thing.

There has been a big debate about it: can a black man play a Nordic character?

Truth crushed to earth is truth still and like a seed will rise again.

The chance to love and be loved exists no matter who or where you are.

Six months go by very quickly when you're a genius.

Education isn't everything, for a start it isn't an elephant

I've learned that in the theater the story is everything. Every lyric, every line and every musical gesture has to propel the journey of a given character or the overall plot.

Intimacy is a difficult art.