Why does one want to walk wings? Why force one's body from a plane to make a parachute jump? Why should man want to fly at all? People often ask these questions. But what civilization was not founded on adventure, and how long could one exist without it? Some answer the attainment of knowledge. Some say wealth, or power, is sufficient cause. I believe the risks I take are justified y the sheer love of the life I lead.

Success is not measured by what a man accomplishes, but by the opposition he has encountered and the courage with which he has maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.

At first you can stand the spotlight in your eyes. Then it blinds you. Others can see you, but you cannot see them.

Whatever a man imagines he can attain, if he doesn't become too arrogant and encroach on the rights of the gods.

I hope you either take up parachute jumping or stay out of single motored airplanes at night.

Democracy can only spring from within a nation itself, only from the hearts and minds of its people.

Why does one want to walk wings? Why force one's body from a plane to make a parachute jump? Why should man want to fly at all? People often ask these questions. But what civilization was not founded on adventure, and how long could one exist without it? Some answer the attainment of knowledge. Some say wealth, or power, is sufficient cause. I believe the risks I take are justified y the sheer love of the life I lead.