Below is a selection of noteworthy quotes from the many articles that have featured Max Hardberger in recent years. Click here to view a full collection of articles about Max...

	... well with that particular vessel,  we turned a trick on the pirates and we out-pirated the pirates ... Max Hardberger on The Story With Dick Gordon
	The world will soon learn a great deal more about him ... UNO Alumni Magazine
	In a life reminiscent of a movie script Max Hardberger fights for justice on the high seas ... University of Iowa Alumni Magazine
	Most of my life is major bouts of boredom, interspersed with moments of panic ... University of Iowa Alumni Magazine quoting Max Hardberger
	So I made the decision to take the ship. The government sent a Navy vessel to chase us, but we were able to hide from radar in a heavy thunderstorm .... University of Iowa Alumni Magazine quoting Max Hardberger
	To sail a massive ship at night out of port past a naval base, past a Coast Guard station, out into open waters without drawing any attention is no easy task ... University of Iowa Alumni Magazine
	A seagoing repo man who won't shrink from brinksmanship when negotiation fails ... Fairplay International Shipping Weekly

	His life certainly reads like a Hollywood movie. UNO Alumni Magazine
	I'm sure there are those who would like to add me to a list of modern pirates of the Caribbean ..." The Los Angeles Times quoting Max Hardberger
	International waters are worse than the Wild West. In many ways, there is little or no opportunity to avenge the wrongs people have done to you .... The Los Angeles Times quoting Max Hardberger
	Wherever Hardberger goes and whatever he does next, it's guaranteed to make a hell of a story ... University of Iowa Alumni Magazine
	[Max's adventures] can lead to shenanigans of Indiana Jones proportions .... Fairplay International Shipping Weekly
	What do you call a man who surreptitiously boards stolen sea freighters under cover of darkness, guiding a motley crew of island natives and sea-weathered sailors to steal the ship back for the good guys? A man who hires witch doctors to help him escape? A man who has spent his 59 years as a ship captain, scuba diver, aircraft pilot, flight instructor, surveyor, attorney, writer, musician, and even a high school English teacher? He must be a fictional character, the stuff of tall tales and action adventure, a Renaissance man larger than life and full of surprises. Is he a Pirate of the Caribbean? A modern-day Indiana Jones? .... University of Iowa Alumni Magazine