Dean Potter Quotes

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Dean Potter

Profession : Athlete

Birth : April 14, 1972

I had a unique style, I didn't care about how things were done in the past, and I just did what felt natural, 'No Rules' once again.

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 recurring dream.

Dean Potter

Well, I'm a pretty wild guy and I live pretty close to nature - I've often lived in caves or on the edge of cliffs or in forests - so it's just second nature for me to tap into the movings of the weather and the world.

Dean Potter

I don't have a lot of pressure on myself to be successful.

Dean Potter

I would never make a movie just for the sake of making a movie.

Dean Potter

I spend more time with Whisper than I do with anybody else. I chose her when she was three or four days old, I've had her since she was nine weeks. She's a mini Australian cattle dog; cattle dogs need to have a job, and her job is just walking after me.

Dean Potter

My whole life I've always innovated the gear to match my pursuits. I've innovated the best climbing gear, the best slacklining gear, and definitely the most advanced BASE jumping gear.

Dean Potter

The decision to go into the mountains and hike with your dog, and wingsuit with the dog, can bring catastrophe. These are decisions we make because they fulfill us, but they also have danger.

Dean Potter

I don't want to be an athlete so much. I groove more with artists and deep thinkers.

Dean Potter

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 you think anything else. I'm smart enough to know that five percent means it could be me.

Dean Potter

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

Dean Potter

I'm 43 years old and I've never been injured doing any of my arts.

Dean Potter

I've made the safest slack line ever using Vectran. It's the strongest flexible fabric in the world.

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 done for a long life, until I'm an old man.

Dean Potter

I have this unbeatable move where no matter what happens I can catch the line - it's the number one thing I practice - so my philosophy there is martial arts based, never putting myself in a position where I can receive a lethal blow. I haven't missed catching the line for over fifteen years.

Dean Potter

Everybody kind of fantasizes about it, flying.

Dean Potter

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 concerned with.

Dean Potter

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

Dean Potter

The deaths of such skilled fliers like my very good friend Sean Leary make me see that if there's ever a question of safety, it's always better to wait or walk down.

Dean Potter

Wing-suit flying can be safe if you are highly practiced and skilled and follow the fundamental rules of questioning yourself and waiting or walking down when something doesn't seem 'right.'

Dean Potter