I love a challenge, and trying to become the first person to break the speed of sound in freefall is a challenge like no other.

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

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.

Learn to love what you've been taught to fear.

Never accept your limitations - because there are NO limitations.

People are fascinated about the world above them because it seems so out-of-reach.

I can't bear the thought of my mother having to push me around in a wheelchair. I'd rather die quickly.