"I'm going to jump over 13 cars and a bus. If I don't make it, I'm going to die. But if I do, I'm going to be the greatest daredevil in the world."

"I didn't just want to be a daredevil. I wanted to be the best daredevil. I wanted to be Evel Knievel."

"I wasn't afraid of death, I was afraid of an ordinary life."

"I lived my life the way I wanted to live it."

"I'm not a daredevil for the money. I'm a daredevil for the thrill."