I've always been somewhat of a loner. I seem to take more alone time that the average person. — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
When I think about doing something, I think: Will I survive a million out of a million times? — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
I had a unique style, I didn't care about how things were done in the past, and I just did what felt… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
Every time I go out and do something, Hans panics and starts trying to beat me. He's like a dog humping your… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
Any time I'm having difficulty, I focus on the breath, on relaxed breathing. — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
The moment before I jump is filled with anxiety and what-ifs. But then as soon as I enter the air, I'm filled… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
Each time I saw a cliff, I wondered whether I could free solo it. My life shaped itself around the understanding that… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
I spend more time with Whisper than I do with anybody else. I chose her when she was three or four days… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
With my height in high school, I was really thinking basketball. But I guess I wasn't that good, because my sophomore year… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
I grew up in the 1970s. It was a super open-minded time. I was taught through my parents and TV that everything… — 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
