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
I started free-soloing harder and harder routes, kind of proving to myself that I could take control of this, pretty much the… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
I know I'm just as mortal as everybody else and I think about that quite a bit, but I really do feel… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
I'm addicted to the heightened awareness I get when there's a death consequence. My vision is sharper, and I'm more sensitive to… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
The deaths of such skilled fliers like my very good friend Sean Leary make me see that if there's ever a question… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
When there's a death consequence, when you are doing things that if you mess up you die, I like the way it… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
Doing things with serious consequences, whether it's death or seriously mangling myself, puts me in a hyper-aware state, and has become somewhat… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
This concept of turning dying into flying is a metaphor for my basic life principle. — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
I don't have thoughts of an afterlife. I think dying is like when you swat a fly - it's over. — 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
When I do stuff where death could be a real consequence, it makes me want to live right. — 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
