Felix Baumgartner Quotes & Sayings

I'm more a competitive person. — Felix Baumgartner

The stratosphere is a hostile place. — Felix Baumgartner

Never accept your limitations - because there are NO limitations. — Felix Baumgartner

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. — Felix Baumgartner

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

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. — Felix Baumgartner

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

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

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

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

I started skydiving because I loved the idea of freedom. — Felix Baumgartner

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

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

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

I'm retired from the daredevil business. — Felix Baumgartner

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

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

I had to work with a psychiatrist. — Felix Baumgartner

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. — 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

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

They call me Fearless Felix. — Felix Baumgartner

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. — Felix Baumgartner

I like to challenge myself. — Felix Baumgartner

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

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. — Felix Baumgartner

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. — Felix Baumgartner

I have no privacy anymore. — Felix Baumgartner

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

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

Learn to love what you've been taught to fear. — Felix Baumgartner

Don't live life as a spectator. — Felix Baumgartner

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

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

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

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

The only limit is the one you set yourself. — Felix Baumgartner

I'm now a member of a pretty small club. — Felix Baumgartner

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

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. — 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

The only thing you want is to come back alive. — 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 have a lot of fears that normal people have. — Felix Baumgartner

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

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

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

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

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

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

Everyone
has limits. Not everyone accepts
them. — Felix Baumgartner

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