Felix Baumgartner Quotes

This claustrophobia was the only weakness I had. It's not my fault. It's just in my mind.

I'm retired from the daredevil business.

Sometimes you have to go up really high to see how small you are.

It feels great to be on top of the world but the greatest feeling is when your feet are on the ground.

The only limit is the one you set yourself.

I started skydiving because I loved the idea of freedom.

Never accept your limitations - because there are NO limitations.

One of the most exciting moments was standing out on top of the world, 30 seconds before stepping off.

When you stand up there on top of the world, you become so humble.

Everyone has limits. Not everyone accepts them.

If you want to do something extraordinary, there's always risk involved. I was always willing to take that risk.

I know the whole world is watching now. And I wish the world could see what I can see. Sometimes you have to get up really high to understand how small you really are. I'm going home now.

Engage your life with enthusiasm; grasp your life aggressively and squeeze from it every drop of excitement, satisfaction, and joy.

Learn to love what you've been taught to fear.

Extreme sport has only ever been about goals and the ways to achieve these goals. Adrenaline plays a part, but it's never in the foreground.

I want to find a nice decent job as a helicopter pilot.

If I do something, it's always 90% obvious and 10% unknown.

Aviation - and space travel, in particular - have always been especially captivating.

Don't live life as a spectator.

I'm 100 percent sure I'm becoming a really good helicopter pilot.

You have seen on TV how hard it is to go up 129,000 feet and how hard it is to come down.

Well, I jumped for the first time when I was 16. I just loved it and immediately realized that it was what I wanted to do.

I can't bear the thought of my mother having to push me around in a wheelchair. I'd rather die quickly.

If the Wright brothers hadn't put their lives on the line, we would not be flying around the world these days. So we need pioneers.

I'm not an adrenaline junkie. It's never been about thrills for me. I'm just someone who loves a challenge.

I base jumped off the Jesus statue in Rio de Janeiro.

Heroes don't wear diapers. It's just not cool.

I feel comfortable with what I do and I guess that my girlfriend feels the same.

I had to work with a psychiatrist.

I have a lot of fears that normal people have.

I have no privacy anymore.

I don't like to rate myself; others can do that.

I'm more a competitive person.

I'm now a member of a pretty small club.

I always had the dream of flying, and the cheapest way is to become a skydiver.

I was crossing the English Channel with a carbon-fiber wing on my back.

I always feel the danger because you might always be subject to an unexpected or emergency event.

I want to inspire the next generation. I want to be in mission control with someone younger than me wanting to break my record.

The only thing you want is to come back alive.

We want to push mankind's boundaries out a little further.

Normally, when I skydive, even in winter, I wear very thin gloves. I want to be flexible, with fast reactions.

I base jumped off one of the highest buildings in the world.

As a little kid, I climbed a lot of trees because I always loved the bird's-eye view.

At a certain R.P.M., there's only one way for blood to leave your body, and that's through your eyeballs. That means you're dead.

If something goes wrong, the only thing that might help you is God.

Well, to me, my past accomplishments weren't crazy. They required a lot of skill and careful planning.

I've done a lot of things in a business where you're lucky to stay alive, so when the time comes, I'll be happy to pass my knowledge along and help someone else.

I feel at home up in the air, just like sailors do at sea and climbers do in the mountains.

People are fascinated about the world above them because it seems so out-of-reach.

Of course my life has changed because now everybody knows who Felix Baumgartner is.