Felix Baumgartner famous 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.
-- Felix Baumgartner

#Air #Sound #Able

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

#Positivity #Sometimes

I started skydiving because I loved the idea of freedom
-- Felix Baumgartner

#Ideas #Skydiving

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

#World #Moments #Standing Out

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

#Limits

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

#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.
-- Felix Baumgartner

#Home #Wish #World

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

#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.
-- Felix Baumgartner

#Records #Sound #Events

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

#Clubs #Members

I'm more a competitive person.
-- Felix Baumgartner

#Persons

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

#Pilots #Becoming #Helicopters

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

#Jobs #Nice #Want

I like to challenge myself.
-- Felix Baumgartner

#Challenges

I have no privacy anymore.
-- Felix Baumgartner

#Privacy

I have a lot of fears that normal people have.
-- Felix Baumgartner

#People #Normal

I had to work with a psychiatrist.
-- Felix Baumgartner

#Psychiatrist

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

#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.
-- Felix Baumgartner

#Brother #Flying #Pioneers

The stratosphere is a hostile place.
-- 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

#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.
-- Felix Baumgartner

#Alive #Lucky #Done

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

#People #World

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

#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.
-- Felix Baumgartner

#Firsts #First Time #Wells

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

#Mind #Weakness #Faults

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

#Crazy #Past #Skills

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

#Humble #World #Top Of The World

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

#Girlfriend #My Girlfriend #Feels

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

#Rate

The only thing you want is to come back alive.
-- Felix Baumgartner

#Alive #Want

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

#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
-- Felix Baumgartner

#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.
-- Felix Baumgartner

#Inspire #Generations #Records

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

#Might #Helping

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

#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.
-- Felix Baumgartner

#Feet #Feelings #World

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

#Taught #Live By

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

#Live Life #Spectators

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

#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.
-- Felix Baumgartner

#Mother #Bears #Wheelchairs

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

#Jesus #Rio De Janeiro

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

#Dream #Flying #Way

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

#Events #Might #Emergencies

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

#Space #Aviation #Captivating

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

#Mean #Blood #Body

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

#Kids #Eye #Views

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

#Obvious

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

#World #Building

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

#Wings #Fiber #Carbon