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

I like to challenge myself.

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

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

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

I don't like to rate myself; others can do that. I've spoken with a number of young people who weren't even born in 1969, when the first moon landing was made. They've witnessed the first person to fly at faster than speed of the sound without propulsion. These kids are happy to have had such a momentous event in their lifetime.

Of course my life has changed because now everybody knows who Felix Baumgartner is.