Bill Engvall Quotes

It will always remain a dangerous sport.

If someone says, hey, you know, this long weekend, let's go skydiving - I would say, no, are you nuts? I'd just as soon sit down and have a cup of tea.

I think because I'm so naturally happy and unaffected and open, people thought I didn't take the jumping seriously. You're up that high, believe me - you take it very seriously.

Canoe + waterfall = I don't go camping anymore.

I don't want anything bad to happen to me.

Housework can't kill you, but why take a chance?

I was shot from the funny gun.

It was treacherous. I think someone was injured. But I did love being there, we all did.

I'm riveted by extreme sports like big-wave surfing, 'megaramp' skateboarding and half-pipe snowboarding. I'm fascinated partly because the sports are so exhilaratingly acrobatic. But I'm also captivated by the fear that a terrible accident might happen at any moment. And accidents do happen.

It's all fun and games 'till someone loses an eye, then it's just fun you can't see.

If you fell down, you were dead.

I've never run with the bulls. I prefer to watch from the safety of a balcony.

You need to be in danger; otherwise, you get old.

There's always a little fear anytime you're doing something crazy because at any moment you can break a leg, land on your neck, or peel off the bar. Over the years, we've fallen so many times that we've kind of learned how to fall safely. Still, there is always a risk.

It's a dangerous sport - we all know that going in.

I do not climb really dangerous stuff.

Some guy once told me that skydiving is like cutting your throat and seeing if you can get to the doctor before you bleed to death.

You need to be more careful, or you could hurt yourself.

People developed planes first and then took care of flight safety. If people were focused on safety first, no one would ever have built a plane.

Fortunately, in the place where I went out, they had set up a little previously a fence which prevented me finally from smashing against trees. I went out with a broken leg only. A small price to be paid at the time for an accident of this kind.

I don't know if you'll see me jumping out of planes anytime soon.

Some of my friends snowmobile. I'm a little scared of it.

I love doing stunts.

I don't like bungee jumping, but I do like skiing.

I'm an adrenaline guy. I like to do stuff that gets my blood pumping, like roller coasters or jumping out of planes. I'm into all that crazy stuff.