Explore Quotes by Felix Baumgartner

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

The stratosphere is a hostile place.

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

I had to work with a psychiatrist.

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

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

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

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

I have no privacy anymore.

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

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

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.

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