My great-grandfather, Karl Wallenda, was my biggest hero in life, my biggest inspiration behind everything I do.

There's weight on me to raise the bar, to carry on that legacy. But that's what drives me. Making sure that no one ever forgets who the Wallendas are.

I feel like I'm on cloud nine right now.

One thing that was passed on from generation to generation in my family, over seven generations in 200 years, was never give up. That's the way we live.

If you take suede leather and put it on a piece of steel, and put moisture on it, it actually sticks.

I've trained all my life not to be distracted by distractions.

I do everything I do to pay tribute to my great-grandfather.

I'm always looking for the next major hurdle and doing something that the world has never seen.

I'm one of those people who always tries to overachieve. I want to do more. I want to do bigger things.

It's Niagara Falls. It's one of the most beautiful natural wonders in the world. Who wouldn't want to walk across it?

I respect what I do deeply. I don't get nervous to the point of fear.

Isn’t it amazing how much good people can do for each other when you give them the opportunity to help?

Happiness does not lie in amusement; it would be strange if one were to take trouble and suffer hardship all one's life in order to amuse oneself.

When I finished high school, I was 16, and in Argentina you have to choose a career right after high school. There is no such thing as a liberal arts education.

You kill strangers deliberately so you don't accidentally kill the people you love.

Myths are early science, the result of men's first trying to explain what they saw around them.

It was a weird mix of emotions. One day, your best friend could be killed. The day before, you could be celebrating him getting a brand-new bike.

Five thousand people in one society might do something, but five thousand societies of one member each would be a holy trouble.

After Rossini dies, who will be there to promote his music?

I want to get my music out there. I enjoy playing shows; I just don't enjoy airports. I want to be more creative, but it's hard to get into that zone on tour.

Meditation is a means to discover all the glories of the ocean of mind