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

I want to inspire the next generation. I want to be in mission control with someone younger than me wanting to break my record.

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.

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.

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

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

It feels great to be on top of the world but the greatest feeling is when your feet are on the ground.