I don't want to die, but I'm ok putting it all out there for the most beautiful expression of my life. — Dean Potter Beautiful Copy Share Image
I'm 43 years old and I've never been injured doing any of my arts. — Dean Potter Art Copy Share Image
Many of my hardest climbs were done with one or both feet barefoot. — Dean Potter Barefoot Copy Share Image
I don't want to be an athlete so much. I groove more with artists and deep thinkers. — Dean Potter Art Copy Share Image
Any time I'm having difficulty, I focus on the breath, on relaxed breathing. — Dean Potter Breath Copy Share Image
None of my friends, or anyone I know, told me not to jump with Whisper. Anyone who knows me knows that I… — Dean Potter Dog Copy Share Image
I'm so in tune with rocks and nature. On any rock around the world, if I hurt the rock, I feel like… — Dean Potter Around the world Copy Share Image
I know I'm not a cutting-edge free climber. Free soloing, I'm comfortable to 5.10-plus or 5.11a. But if I was a grade… — Dean Potter Amazing Copy Share Image
I know my family's adventures must scare a lot of you who have rarely or never been into the wild or are… — Dean Potter Adventure 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 Dream Copy Share Image
Part of me says it's kind of crazy to think you can fly your human body. Another part of me thinks all… — Dean Potter Body Copy Share Image
In 'The Prophet,' Kahlil Gibran says something about perfection only being reached by stripping something to the point of nakedness. That's the… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
I think my dad's dream really was just to have a good family, treat them well, to keep them together, and he… — Dean Potter Dad 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 was taking my advance freefall course, doing my level 1 jump. My heart was racing. Like I said, I have a… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
I also know for a fact of at least two other ascents of the Delicate Arch. But when 'Outside' did their research,… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
'The Man Who Can Fly' captures my quest for true human flight. This pursuit of the unknown and following dreams that may… — Dean Potter Adventure 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 Animal Copy Share Image
I just love any place that I can sit in the sun and feel the warmth of the sun's rays, and feel… — Dean Potter Comparison Copy Share Image
I hydrate obsessively, limit processed foods, and make a conscious attempt to eat and drink pure things, organic foods. I've noticed that… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
Often in normal life I'm just constricted to what I see, maybe, and hear. But when I climb and when I'm out… — Dean Potter Awareness Copy Share Image
I've made the safest slack line ever using Vectran. It's the strongest flexible fabric in the world. — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
This concept of turning dying into flying is a metaphor for my basic life principle. — Dean Potter Death Copy Share Image
I got a lot of inspiration and encouragement from my friend and ultra-runner Scott Jurek. — Dean Potter Encouragement Copy Share Image
Most people in my life who didn't follow their dreams weren't happy. Their lives seem so strange. — Dean Potter Dream Copy Share Image
I consider myself a rock climber but the definition of rock climbing as has changed. — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
My dad was in the army for most of my youth. He was very regimented and I learned to train from him. — Dean Potter Army Copy Share Image
It's going to hurt if I fall. I don't want to deal with that, I want to prove that it can be… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
I know it's kind of a strange thing I'm talking about, but another part of me truly believes I can fly, like… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
If you're thousands of feet up with just a thin piece of webbing that you're standing on, it's really a sensation of… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
If I have a combination of calm and fear, I access mental states way beyond normal consciousness. That's why I choose to… — Dean Potter Calm Copy Share Image
A lot of people confuse free climbing with free solo. Free climbing is when we use ropes, but we only make upward… — Dean Potter Body Copy Share Image
I don't have a lot of pressure on myself to be successful. I'm more of an artist. I just try to make… — Dean Potter Art Copy Share Image
We who walk the narrow line have stood for free thinking for thousands of years. Let us continue balancing within the world… — Dean Potter Free thinking Copy Share Image
When I was a little boy, my first memory was a flying dream. In my dream, I flew - and I also… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
