To dare: that is the whole secret of revolutions.
The principal difference between an adventurer and a suicide is that the adventurer leaves himself a margin of escape (the narrower the margin the greater the adventure)
Yeah, I'm a physical kind of guy. I've always liked being physical. It takes a stuntman to really say, 'Look, we don't want you to do this. No, no, I'm serious, you're not going to do this' to get me not to do my stuff.
Nothing inspires people more than reckless acts of courage.
I never rode a bull - I'm not that stupid.
It's easy to be famous today. People pay a million dollars to be recognized, but nobody cares about them. They cared about me because I did things other men were afraid to do. That's why my fans identified with me. They were mostly working-class.
A single feat of daring can alter the whole conception of what is possible.
I suppose that there are endeavors in which self-confidence is even more important than it is in writing -- tightrope walking comes immediately to mind -- but it's difficult for me to think of anybody producing much writing if his confidence is completely shot.
I was a wild kid. I was left to climb trees. And you know those railways logs, they piled them up, six feet apart, and I'd jump from one to the other. Without a safety net! I was an incredible tomboy.
I'll do things that a lot of people think is very risky.
I once dated a girl that was wild. She was so wild that one night she gave her phone number to the mechanical bull.
When I was 12, my friend and I tried to sneak onto a plane from my hometown of Cleveland to New York City! My dad encouraged us - he was a wild guy, big on jokes.
To be a stunt person you kind of have to have a screw loose like you do in wrestling.
I didn't do that many crazy things.
The way to go to the circus, however, is with someone who has seen perhaps one theatrical performance before in his life and that in the High School hall... The scales of sophistication are struck from your eyes and you see in the circus a gathering of men and women who are able to do things as a matter of course which you couldn't do if your life depended on it.
What's the most outrageous thing I've ever done? Let's just say I don't think I've done it yet. The most outrageous thing is yet to come.
I like the challenge of doing things you know that you maybe shouldn't do.
Jumping off that cliff in Jamaica.It was years ago. It was at this place called Rick's Cafe. Actually, it was two cliffs. They were pretty high, probably a good 40- 50-foot jump into the ocean. That was crazy.
There's about one sword-swallower per 2 to 4 million persons in each country.
I can't see myself doing something as astonishing as jumping of a chopper. I find it stupid.
We must make an issue, create an event, and establish a national position for ourselves: and never may expect to be respected as men and women, until we have undertaken some fearless, bold, and adventurous deeds of daring . . .
Heroism does not require spiritual maturity.
Stupid men are often capable of things the clever would not dare to contemplate.
As a performer, the more I scare the stunt coordinator, the better.
I don't see the risk, I enjoy performing stunts, and I don't get scared.
