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They call me Fearless Felix.
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.
You have seen on TV how hard it is to go up 129,000 feet and how hard it is to come down.
I can't bear the thought of my mother having to push me around in a wheelchair. I'd rather die quickly.
I'm retired from the daredevil business.
I have a lot of fears that normal people have.
I feel comfortable with what I do and I guess that my girlfriend feels the same.
I always feel the danger because you might always be subject to an unexpected or emergency event.
Aviation - and space travel, in particular - have always been especially captivating.
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.
Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you really are.
Don't live life as a spectator.
I started skydiving because I loved the idea of freedom.
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.
The only limit is the one you set yourself.
The only thing you want is to come back alive.
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.
One of the most exciting moments was standing out on top of the world, 30 seconds before stepping off.
I want to inspire the next generation. I want to be in mission control with someone younger than me wanting to break my record.
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
Never accept your limitations - because there are NO limitations.
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