Latest Felix Baumgartner Quotes from Interviews

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• 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.

  Felix Baumgartner

  Names, Credit, Pages

• 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.

  Felix Baumgartner

  Sports, Play, Goal

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

  Felix Baumgartner

  Challenges, Adrenaline, Junkie

• I feel at home up in the air, just like sailors do at sea and climbers do in the mountains.

  Felix Baumgartner

  Home, Air, Sea

• I would've never dreamt that my skydive would trigger such gushing enthusiasm. I still don't really understand exactly what I've accomplished, although I always suspected it would be a truly spectacular moment.

  Felix Baumgartner

  Would Be, Enthusiasm, Moments

  "Death-Defying Skydiver Felix Baumgartner 'It's Never Been about the Thrills'". SPIEGEL Interview, www.spiegel.de. November 1, 2012.

• 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.

  Felix Baumgartner

  Opportunity, People, Way

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

• I don't like to rate myself; others can do that. I've spoken with a number of young people who weren't even born in 1969, when the first moon landing was made. They've witnessed the first person to fly at faster than speed of the sound without propulsion. These kids are happy to have had such a momentous event in their lifetime.

  Felix Baumgartner

  Kids, Moon, Numbers

  "Death-Defying Skydiver Felix Baumgartner 'It's Never Been about the Thrills'". SPIEGEL Interview, www.spiegel.de. November 1, 2012.