Well, to me, my past accomplishments weren't crazy. They required a lot of skill and careful planning.

I always feel the danger because you might always be subject to an unexpected or emergency event.

You have seen on TV how hard it is to go up 129,000 feet and how hard it is to come down.

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

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

If something goes wrong, the only thing that might help you is God.

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.