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I have no privacy anymore.
I like to challenge myself.
They call me Fearless Felix.
I'm more a competitive person.
Don't live life as a spectator.
I had to work with a psychiatrist.
The stratosphere is a hostile place.
I'm now a member of a pretty small club.
I'm retired from the daredevil business.
The only limit is the one you set yourself.
Heroes don't wear diapers. It's just not cool.
Learn to love what you've been taught to fear.
I have a lot of fears that normal people have.
The only thing you want is to come back alive.
Everyone has limits. Not everyone accepts them.
I don't like to rate myself; others can do that.
I base jumped off the Jesus statue in Rio de Janeiro.
I want to find a nice decent job as a helicopter pilot.
I started skydiving because I loved the idea of freedom.
We want to push mankind's boundaries out a little further.
If I do something, it's always 90% obvious and 10% unknown.
I base jumped off one of the highest buildings in the world.
Sometimes you have to go up really high to see how small you are.
Never accept your limitations - because there are NO limitations.
I'm 100 percent sure I'm becoming a really good helicopter pilot.
When you stand up there on top of the world, you become so humble.
If something goes wrong, the only thing that might help you is God.
I was crossing the English Channel with a carbon-fiber wing on my back.
Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you really are.
I always had the dream of flying, and the cheapest way is to become a skydiver.
I feel comfortable with what I do and I guess that my girlfriend feels the same.
People are fascinated about the world above them because it seems so out-of-reach.
Of course my life has changed because now everybody knows who Felix Baumgartner is.
Aviation - and space travel, in particular - have always been especially captivating.
As a little kid, I climbed a lot of trees because I always loved the bird's-eye view.
This claustrophobia was the only weakness I had. It's not my fault. It's just in my mind.
You have seen on TV how hard it is to go up 129,000 feet and how hard it is to come down.
I feel at home up in the air, just like sailors do at sea and climbers do in the mountains.
I always feel the danger because you might always be subject to an unexpected or emergency event.
Well, to me, my past accomplishments weren't crazy. They required a lot of skill and careful planning.
One of the most exciting moments was standing out on top of the world, 30 seconds before stepping off.
It feels great to be on top of the world but the greatest feeling is when your feet are on the ground.
I can't bear the thought of my mother having to push me around in a wheelchair. I'd rather die quickly.
I'm not an adrenaline junkie. It's never been about thrills for me. I'm just someone who loves a challenge.
Normally, when I skydive, even in winter, I wear very thin gloves. I want to be flexible, with fast reactions.
If you want to do something extraordinary, there's always risk involved. I was always willing to take that risk.
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.
I want to inspire the next generation. I want to be in mission control with someone younger than me wanting to break my record.
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.
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.