I'm retired from the daredevil business.

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.

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

People are fascinated about the world above them because it seems so out-of-reach. My jump gave them an opportunity to come along for the ride. They could watch live on their screens how someone rises all the way up into the stratosphere.

I'm not an adrenaline junkie. It's never been about thrills for me. I'm just someone who loves a challenge.

I feel at home up in the air, just like sailors do at sea and climbers do in the mountains.

I have a lot of fears that normal people have.