Most people in my life who didn't follow their dreams weren't happy. Their lives seem so strange. — 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… — Dean Potter 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 Copy Share Image
People think I'm a lunatic or adrenaline junkie, but that's not what's going on with me. The beauty is what I'm most… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
People think that in order for nature to be sacred, you have to separate yourself from it. — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
There are many people who parachute and many people who climb. I'm the only person who does both. — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
I've just always been terrified of having to speak in front of people. When I used to go in school and then… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
I'm not saying take your dog wingsuit flying. But if we can take Whisper BASE jumping or climbing, maybe you can take… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
When you do things that are different and extreme, some people like it and some people don't. I don't really care if… — 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