Felix Baumgartner Quotes

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• That spin became so violent, it was hard to know how to get out of it. I was able to get it under control and break the speed of sound...I could feel myself break the speed of sound. I could feel the air building up and then I hit it.

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  Air, Building Up, Sound

  "‘Fearless Felix’ Falls 24 Miles To Earth" by Chuck Squatriglia, www.wired.com. October 14, 2012.

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

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  Positivity, Aviation, Sometimes

  "Skydiver Baumgartner lands safely on Earth after supersonic record" by Dominic Rushe, www.theguardian.com. October 15, 2012.

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• The only limit is the one you set yourself.

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  Limits

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• Never accept your limitations - because there are NO limitations.

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  Accepting, Limitation

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• When you stand up there on top of the world, you become so humble.

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  Humble, World, Top Of The World

  "Base Jumper Felix Baumgartner". Interview, www.nationalgeographic.com. October 31, 2012.

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• Learn to love what you've been taught to fear.

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  Taught, Live By

  "All About Ads: Advertising the Indian Grand Prix". "All About Ads" with Shruti Verma Singh, profit.ndtv.com. October 22, 2012.

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• I started skydiving because I loved the idea of freedom.

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  Ideas, Skydiving

  "Felix Baumgartner: 'I hope I can make fear cool'" by Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. November 2, 2012.

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• Engage your life with enthusiasm; grasp your life aggressively and squeeze from it every drop of excitement, satisfaction, and joy.

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  Joy, Enthusiasm, Satisfaction

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• Everyone
  has limits. Not everyone accepts
  them.

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  Limits, Accepting

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• One of the most exciting moments was standing out on top of the world, 30 seconds before stepping off.

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  World, Moments, Standing Out

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• It feels great to be on top of the world but the greatest feeling is when your feet are on the ground.

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  Feet, Feelings, World

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• Don't live life as a spectator.

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  Live Life, Spectators

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• I know the whole world is watching now. And I wish the world could see what I can see. Sometimes you have to get up really high to understand how small you really are. I'm going home now.

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  Home, Wish, World

  "CNN Newsroom", www.cnn.com. December 26, 2012.

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

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  Risk, Want, Willing

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• 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.

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  Sports, Play, Goal

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• 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.

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  Opportunity, People, Way

  "It's Never Been about the Thrills". Interview with Lukas Eberle and Janko Tietz, www.spiegel.de. November 1, 2012.

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• I'm not an adrenaline junkie. It's never been about thrills for me. I'm just someone who loves a challenge.

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  Challenges, Adrenaline, Junkie

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• The only thing you want is to come back alive.

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  Alive, Want

  "Supersonic skydiver Felix Baumgartner fell at 843.6 mph: Mach 1.25". www.foxnews.com. February 04, 2013.

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• I love a challenge, and trying to become the first person to break the speed of sound in freefall is a challenge like no other.

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  Challenges, Trying, Sound

  "Red Bull Stratos: Felix Baumgartner interview". Red Bull Interview, www.redbull.com. September 27, 2012.

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• 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

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  Humble, Thinking, Data

  "Austrian daredevil breaks sound barrier jumping from space". "7.30" with Leigh Sales, www.abc.net.au. October 15, 2012.

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

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  Space, Aviation, Captivating

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• They call me Fearless Felix.

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  Fearless, Call Me

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

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  Hero, Diapers

  "The Man Who Would Fall to Earth" by Luke Dittrich, www.esquire.com. July 14, 2010.

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

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  Pilots, Becoming, Helicopters

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• I like to challenge myself.

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  Challenges

  "Skydiver jumps from 13 miles above Earth in test run for record attempt". www.theguardian.com. March 16, 2012.

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