Athlete Quotes

I don't get nervous.

I come to spring training and just try to do my job, try to do the best I can. That's all any player can do.

As soon as he hit it, I thought I had it. But I lost it when it went into the lights. I did my best.

If I do something, it's always 90% obvious and 10% unknown.

I've done a lot of things in a business where you're lucky to stay alive, so when the time comes, I'll be happy to pass my knowledge along and help someone else.

I'm retired from the daredevil business.

I'm now a member of a pretty small club.

I'm more a competitive person.

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

I was crossing the English Channel with a carbon-fiber wing on my back.

I want to find a nice decent job as a helicopter pilot.

I like to challenge myself.

I have no privacy anymore.

I have a lot of fears that normal people have.

I had to work with a psychiatrist.

I feel comfortable with what I do and I guess that my girlfriend feels the same.

I don't like to rate myself; others can do that.

I base jumped off the Jesus statue in Rio de Janeiro.

I always had the dream of flying, and the cheapest way is to become a skydiver.

I always feel the danger because you might always be subject to an unexpected or emergency event.

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

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

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.

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

Normally, when I skydive, even in winter, I wear very thin gloves. I want to be flexible, with fast reactions.

I started skydiving because I loved the idea of freedom.

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

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

Of a very religious linebacker: He knocks the hell out of people, but in a Christian way.

When you think about what the odds are to have four boys to not only be able to follow in the footsteps in a basketball career but to also be good in the secondary career as far as the broadcasting, it's pretty remarkable.