Felix Baumgartner Quotes

The stratosphere is a hostile place.

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

Don't live life as a spectator.

I once wanted to be a stuntman. I was constantly on the front pages when I was a base jumper. But if I were a stuntman, my name would only appear right at the end of the closing credits, even though I'd risked my life for others.

I love a challenge, and trying to become the first person to break the speed of sound in freefall is a challenge like no other.

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

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

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

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

Don't live life as a spectator. Always examine life: Espouse new ideas, long for
new things, constantly discovering new interests, escaping from boring
routines. Engage life with enthusiasm; grasping life aggressively and squeezing
from it every drop of excitement, satisfaction, and joy. The key to unleashing life's potential is attitude. The person who approaches
life with a child-like wonder is best prepared to defy the limitations of time, is
more "alive," more of a participant in life than the person who remains a
spectator.

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.

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

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.

Never accept your limitations - because there are NO limitations.

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

I would've never dreamt that my skydive would trigger such gushing enthusiasm. I still don't really understand exactly what I've accomplished, although I always suspected it would be a truly spectacular moment.

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

Everyone
has limits. Not everyone accepts
them.

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

Let me tell you - when I was standing there on top of the world, you become so humble. You don't think about breaking records anymore, you don't think about gaining scientific data - the only thing that you want is to come back alive.

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

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

I started skydiving because I loved the idea of freedom.

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

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

I like to challenge myself.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

I had to work with a psychiatrist.

The only thing you want is to come back alive.

That spin became so violent, it was hard to know how to get out of it. I was able to get it under control and break the speed of sound ... I could feel myself break the speed of sound. I could feel the air building up and then I hit it.

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

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