People are fascinated about the world above them because it seems so out-of-reach. My jump gave them an opportunity to come along for the ride. They could watch live on their screens how someone rises all the way up into the stratosphere.

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.

I'm more a competitive person.

Well, I jumped for the first time when I was 16. I just loved it and immediately realized that it was what I wanted to do.

I started skydiving because I loved the idea of freedom.

I base jumped off one of the highest buildings in the world.

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.