We need to save the Arctic not because of the polar bears, and not because it is the most beautiful place in the world, but because our very survival depends upon it.

There is nothing more powerful than the made-up mind.

If we pass on an unsustainable environment to our children we have failed them.

Climate change is the Everest of all problems, the thorniest challenge facing humankind.

If you want to swim across the English Channel from England to France - you have to leave your doubt on the beach in England.

Going against the tide has never been difficult for me. It wasn't even a conscious decision but the natural consequence of following my own instinct.

The right to have our environment protected for the benefit of present and future generations is our most important human right.

The importance of music extends well beyond its performance.

The swim at Deception Island was by far the hardest swim I've ever done. Antarctica is a very unforgiving environment. If you don't train properly, you'll die.

When I'm preparing for a swim, I imagine absolutely everything about it: the color of the water, how cold it is, the taste of salt in my mouth. I visualize each and every stroke.

The blues is also existential and offers a sense of mature reflection that enabled it to be the leitmotif of modern life.

I honestly don't think you do, at least not completely. Look, you will always hold a special place in my heart, but I can’t keep competing for a battle that’s already won.

To think one film makes a career is ridiculous. It's important to keep perspective and do things other than for money.

We love people differently at different stages of our knowledge of them. As love changes its hape and its nature, we have to decide what we're going to do about that love on any given day.

Actually, I tossed it nicely, landed nicely, like airplane. No warning, beautiful. That's the art of throwing racquets.

I think the extremes are something that's really interesting to see coalesce in movies.

The muscle and the mind must become one. One without the other is zero

I was born to be a point guard, but not a very good one.

God does not rule by the consent of His subjects but by His sovereign authority. His reign extends over me whether I vote for Him or not.

Be careful with drinking this Christmas. I got so drunk last night I found myself dancing in a cheesy bar... Or, as you like to call it, delicatessen.

I am supposed to set an example to young players.