Felix Baumgartner Quotes:

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.

source: - "‘Fearless Felix’ Falls 24 Miles To Earth" by Chuck Squatriglia, www.wired.com. October 14, 2012.

Topics: Air, Sound, Able

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

source: - "Skydiver Baumgartner lands safely on Earth after supersonic record" by Dominic Rushe, www.theguardian.com. October 15, 2012.

Topics: Positivity, Sometimes

I started skydiving because I loved the idea of freedom

source: - "Felix Baumgartner: 'I hope I can make fear cool'" by Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. November 2, 2012.

Topics: Ideas, Skydiving

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

Topics: World, Moments, Standing Out, Top Of The World

The only limit is the one you set yourself.

Topics: Limits

Never accept your limitations - because there are NO limitations.

Topics: Accepting, Limitation

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.

source: - "CNN Newsroom", www.cnn.com. December 26, 2012.

Topics: Home, Wish, World

Everyone has limits. Not everyone accepts them.

Topics: Limits, Accepting

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.

Topics: Records, Sound, Events, Records Breaking

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

Topics: Clubs, Members

I'm more a competitive person.

Topics: Persons, Competitive Person

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

Topics: Pilots, Becoming, Helicopters

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

Topics: Jobs, Nice, Want, Helicopters

I like to challenge myself.

Topics: Challenges

I have no privacy anymore.

Topics: Privacy

I have a lot of fears that normal people have.

Topics: People, Normal

I had to work with a psychiatrist.

Topics: Psychiatrist

I'm retired from the daredevil business.

Topics: Daredevil, Retired

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.

Topics: Brother, Flying, Pioneers, Wright Brothers

The stratosphere is a hostile place.

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

Topics: Feet, Tvs

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.

Topics: Alive, Lucky, Done

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

source: - "It's Never Been about the Thrills". Interview with Lukas Eberle and Janko Tietz, www.spiegel.de. November 1, 2012.

Topics: People, World, Along For The Ride

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

Topics: Changed, Life Has Changed

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.

Topics: Firsts, First Time, Wells

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

Topics: Mind, Weakness, Faults, Claustrophobia

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

Topics: Crazy, Past, Skills, Careful Planning

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

source: - "Base Jumper Felix Baumgartner". Interview, www.nationalgeographic.com. October 31, 2012.

Topics: Humble, World, Top Of The World

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

Topics: Girlfriend, My Girlfriend, Feels

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

Topics: Rate, Propulsion, Moon Landing

The only thing you want is to come back alive.

source: - "Supersonic skydiver Felix Baumgartner fell at 843.6 mph: Mach 1.25". www.foxnews.com. February 04, 2013.

Topics: Alive, Want

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

source: - "The Man Who Would Fall to Earth" by Luke Dittrich, www.esquire.com. July 14, 2010.

Topics: Hero, Diapers

When I was standing there on top of the world, you become so humble, you do not think about breaking records anymore, you do not think about gaining scientific data. The only thing you want is to come back alive

source: - "Austrian daredevil breaks sound barrier jumping from space". "7.30" with Leigh Sales, www.abc.net.au. October 15, 2012.

Topics: Humble, Thinking, Data

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

Topics: Inspire, Generations, Records, Next Generation

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

Topics: Might, Helping

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

Topics: Want, Littles, Boundaries

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

Topics: Feet, Feelings, World, Top Of The World

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

source: - "All About Ads: Advertising the Indian Grand Prix". "All About Ads" with Shruti Verma Singh, profit.ndtv.com. October 22, 2012.

Topics: Taught, Live By

Don't live life as a spectator.

Topics: Live Life, Spectators

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

Topics: Winter, Gloves, Want

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

Topics: Mother, Bears, Wheelchairs

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

Topics: Jesus, Rio De Janeiro, Rio

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

Topics: Dream, Flying, Way

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

Topics: Events, Might, Emergencies

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

Topics: Space, Aviation, Captivating, Space Travel

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.

Topics: Mean, Blood, Body

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

Topics: Kids, Eye, Views

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

Topics: Obvious

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

Topics: World, Building

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

Topics: Wings, Fiber, Carbon

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

Topics: Joy, Enthusiasm, Satisfaction

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

Topics: Risk, Want, Willing

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.

Topics: Sports, Play, Goal, Foreground, Extreme Sports

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

Topics: Challenges, Adrenaline, Junkie

They call me Fearless Felix.

Topics: Fearless, Call Me

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.

source: - "Red Bull Stratos: Felix Baumgartner interview". Red Bull Interview, www.redbull.com. September 27, 2012.

Topics: Challenges, Trying, Sound

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.

source: - "Death-Defying Skydiver Felix Baumgartner 'It's Never Been about the Thrills'". SPIEGEL Interview, www.spiegel.de. November 1, 2012.

Topics: Would Be, Enthusiasm, Moments

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

Topics: Home, Air, Sea, Up In The Air

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.

Topics: Names, Credit, Pages, Stuntman, Jumpers