We want to push mankind's boundaries out a little further.

I have no privacy anymore.

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

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.

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 once wanted to be a stuntman. I was constantly on the front pages when I was a base jumper. But if I were a stuntman, my name would only appear right at the end of the closing credits, even though I'd risked my life for others.

I started skydiving because I loved the idea of freedom.