To jump and break the sound barrier will not be a mere record breaking experience or another extreme event that ends once the mission is accomplished.

I was crossing the English Channel with a carbon-fiber wing on my back.

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 started skydiving because I loved the idea of freedom.

Extreme sport has only ever been about goals and the ways to achieve these goals. Adrenaline plays a part, but it's never in the foreground.

If you want to do something extraordinary, there's always risk involved. I was always willing to take that risk.

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