Dean Potter

I've never had a close call.

— Dean Potter

We jump every day in Yosemite.

— Dean Potter

Lately I think of myself as more bird than human.

— Dean Potter

The wilderness is infinite in what it offers.

— Dean Potter

Chasing after the unattainable is the fun part.

— Dean Potter

I practice the art of no rules.

— Dean Potter

I've never had a serious injury.

— Dean Potter

The wingsuit is basically the flying squirrel suit.

— Dean Potter

I want to live to be a grandfather, or to be doing this when I'm 80.

— Dean Potter

I don't have thoughts of an afterlife. I think dying is like when you swat a fly - it's over.

— Dean Potter

I do yoga. I meditate, and when I'm not climbing, I focus on breathing deeply all day long.

— Dean Potter

There are many people who parachute and many people who climb. I'm the only person who does both.

— Dean Potter

People think that in order for nature to be sacred, you have to separate yourself from it.

— Dean Potter

When I think about doing something, I think: Will I survive a million out of a million times?

— Dean Potter

I've always been somewhat of a loner. I seem to take more alone time that the average person.

— Dean Potter

I've never tried to be the leader. All I focus on is climbing.

— Dean Potter

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

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

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

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

We who walk the narrow line have stood for free thinking for thousands of years. Let us continue balancing within the world…

— Dean Potter

When I was a little boy, my first memory was a flying dream. In my dream, I flew - and I also…

— Dean Potter

A lot of people confuse free climbing with free solo. Free climbing is when we use ropes, but we only make upward…

— Dean Potter

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

I was taking my advance freefall course, doing my level 1 jump. My heart was racing. Like I said, I have a…

— Dean Potter

I also know for a fact of at least two other ascents of the Delicate Arch. But when 'Outside' did their research,…

— Dean Potter

I spend more time with Whisper than I do with anybody else. I chose her when she was three or four days…

— Dean Potter

'The Man Who Can Fly' captures my quest for true human flight. This pursuit of the unknown and following dreams that may…

— Dean Potter

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

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

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

My parents didn't want to believe their son was 200 feet up, free-soloing. They liked to go on long walks and runs,…

— Dean Potter

I'm not so good at sitting on the floor and meditating.

— Dean Potter

Wingsuit BASE jumping feels safe to me.

— Dean Potter

Everybody kind of fantasizes about it, flying.

— Dean Potter

I want to fly for the rest of a very long life.

— Dean Potter

Whatever I do, I long to be untethered and free.

— Dean Potter

My views are not concrete. I'm open to change.

— Dean Potter

When I do stuff where death could be a real consequence, it makes me want to live right.

— Dean Potter

This concept of turning dying into flying is a metaphor for my basic life principle.

— Dean Potter