Felix Baumgartner Quotes

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.

- Felix Baumgartner

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

- Felix Baumgartner

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

- Felix Baumgartner

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

- Felix Baumgartner

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

- Felix Baumgartner

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

- Felix Baumgartner

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

- Felix Baumgartner

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

- Felix Baumgartner

I'm retired from the daredevil business.

- Felix Baumgartner

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

- Felix Baumgartner

People should decide 'are you willing to spend all this money to go to Mars?' I think the average person on the ground would never spend that amount of money - they have to spend it on something that makes sense and this is definitely saving our planet.

- Felix Baumgartner

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.

- Felix Baumgartner

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

- Felix Baumgartner

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.

- Felix Baumgartner

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

- Felix Baumgartner

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

- Felix Baumgartner

I had to work with a psychiatrist.

- Felix Baumgartner

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

- Felix Baumgartner

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.

- Felix Baumgartner

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

- Felix Baumgartner

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

- Felix Baumgartner

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

- Felix Baumgartner

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

- Felix Baumgartner

I have a lot of fears that normal people have.

- Felix Baumgartner

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

- Felix Baumgartner

I'm more a competitive person.

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

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

- Felix Baumgartner

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.

- Felix Baumgartner

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.

- Felix Baumgartner

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

- Felix Baumgartner

I started skydiving because I loved the idea of freedom.

- Felix Baumgartner

The stratosphere is a hostile place.

- Felix Baumgartner

I have no privacy anymore.

- Felix Baumgartner

They call me Fearless Felix.

- Felix Baumgartner

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

- Felix Baumgartner