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 Copy Share Image
With the highlining I'm not blocking out the fear, I'm feeling the fear and absorbing everything that's around me, trying to calm… — 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 can calm myself by an intense will, and also by the simple ability to focus in the most dangerous situation on… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Most people in my life who didn't follow their dreams weren't happy. Their lives seem so strange. — 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 did everything… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
I got a lot of inspiration and encouragement from my friend and ultra-runner Scott Jurek. — 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 in the… — Dean Potter 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 myself more… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
