Quotes By Felix Baumgartner

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

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

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

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.

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

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'm now a member of a pretty small club.

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

I'm more a competitive person.

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

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

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'm retired from the daredevil business.

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

To jump and break the sound barrier will not be a mere record breaking experience or another extreme event that ends once the mission is accomplished.

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

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

I started skydiving because I loved the idea of freedom.

I have no privacy anymore.

They call me Fearless Felix.

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

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.

The stratosphere is a hostile place.

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

I have a lot of fears that normal people have.

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

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

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

I had to work with a psychiatrist.

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