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It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage.

Admire a small ship, but put your freight in a large one; for the larger the load, the greater will be the profit upon profit.

The great difference between voyages rests not with the ships, but with the people you meet on them.

My ship was also in better condition than when she sailed from Boston on her long voyage. She was still as sound as a nut, and as tight as the best ship afloat. She did not leak a drop - not one drop!

Looking back at my life's voyage, I can only say that it has been a golden trip.

I was at sea the other day and loads of meat floated past. It was a bit choppy.

Seafarers are used to being exploited. At sea, the captain moans at chandlers who supply ships with green bananas that will never ripen; at fruit that goes moldy obscenely fast; at sub-standard meat.

In 1993, I chased Cuban and Spanish drag trawlers off the Grand Banks off of Newfoundland. And it cost them $35 million in losses.

I was starving before I hit Journey. Very, very rough times... I didn't know where the next pay check was gonna come.

I've had lots of things that didn't work out, like TV shows. You learn a lot through mistakes - I learned that you have to be the captain of your ship. Actually, I own my ship.