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

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.

I'm retired from the daredevil business.

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

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.

Aviation - and space travel, in particular - have always been especially captivating.