Ken Peterson Quotations

I think people are more aware of the ocean and ocean creatures, and that's one of the things that we hoped would be the case.

We are very excited that someone the caliber of Grayson applied for and then accepted our coaching position, We've been able to achieve a high-level of success that we want to maintain at Utah State, and we feel like Grayson is the man to keep it there.

And we'll do more, ... once it's clear from our colleagues what their needs are.

Any major aquarium opening now worth its salt has a pretty substantial conservation footing, and it should, ... I don't think you can have live animals and be telling the story of marine life and not be concerned and alarmed about what's happening to creatures in the wild. We in the aquarium world know too much to do too little.

There's a lot of penguin buzz right now.

There is the inspirational quality of live exhibits, ... One of the main reasons for aquariums to exist these days is to use that power of inspiration of living animals to motivate visitors to protect these animals in the world.

It's largely a matter of your trust in the person taking your order.

In the Great Tide Pool, anything can choose to leave or not. At some point (the sharks) self-released.