89 Quotes by Felix Baumgartner

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

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

I'm 100 percent sure I'm becoming a really good helicopter pilot.

Heroes don't wear diapers. It's just not cool.

I started skydiving because I loved the idea of freedom

Let me tell you - when I was standing there on top of the world, you become so humble. You don't think about breaking records anymore, you don't think about gaining scientific data - the only thing that you want is to come back alive.

As a little kid, I climbed a lot of trees because I always loved the bird's-eye view.

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

If the Wright brothers hadn't put their lives on the line, we would not be flying around the world these days. So we need pioneers.