This concept of turning dying into flying is a metaphor for my basic life principle. — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
I think everybody has a dream of flying at least once in their life. For me, it's been over and over a… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
It's one of the most fundamental desires of man, of being free and flying unhindered, and it really seems to go a… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
I love the idea that I can change the worst possible thing to the best possible thing: dying to flying. — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
It's kind of strange to be a free soloist when you know so much about flying, because I'm playing two opposite games,… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
Entranced by the flight of a raven, I watch its shadow move effortlessly against golden, shimmering granite. I long to be that… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
For some reason, BASE jumping is misunderstood and our government forbids it and makes it illegal in most every place in the… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
Wing-suit flying can be safe if you are highly practiced and skilled and follow the fundamental rules of questioning yourself and waiting… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
I think everybody has a dream of flying at least once in their life. For me, it's been over and over a… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
Thirty guys equals five percent die-off among active wingsuit base jumpers. That means there's a flaw in our system and you're an idiot if… — Dean Potter Copy Share
Part of me says it's kind of crazy to think you can fly your human body. Another part of me thinks all of us… — Dean Potter Copy Share
Climbing for me is about being free. It's just to move and be uninhibited and feel and tap into the connection with nature. — Dean Potter Copy Share
Most people in my life who didn't follow their dreams weren't happy. Their lives seem so strange. — Dean Potter Copy Share
I think my dad's dream really was just to have a good family, treat them well, to keep them together, and he did everything… — Dean Potter Copy Share
I got a lot of inspiration and encouragement from my friend and ultra-runner Scott Jurek. — Dean Potter Copy Share
Often in normal life I'm just constricted to what I see, maybe, and hear. But when I climb and when I'm out in the… — Dean Potter Copy Share
I don't have a lot of pressure on myself to be successful. I'm more of an artist. I just try to make myself more… — Dean Potter Copy Share
In climbing, if you injure just one finger you can't do it. But with slacklining as long as you can walk, you can walk… — Dean Potter Copy Share
When I was a little boy, my first memory was a flying dream. In my dream, I flew - and I also fell. I… — Dean Potter Copy Share
More and more people seem to be separating from nature. I'm trying to go in a different direction. I'm getting closer and closer. — Dean Potter Copy Share
A lot of people confuse free climbing with free solo. Free climbing is when we use ropes, but we only make upward progress with… — Dean Potter Copy Share
I have this unbeatable move where no matter what happens I can catch the line - it's the number one thing I practice -… — Dean Potter Copy Share
