Quotes About Courage

I walk on the wire; it's my profession, and there are no two high wire walks alike.

The greatest thing about the call-in show is that you always felt like you were on a high wire without a net.

Later we learned that it was one of our own men hanging on the wire. Nobody could do anything for him; two men had already tried to save him, only to be shot themselves.

I'm often very relaxed when I'm on the wire. There may be some tears because this is a dream of mine.

I started walking a wire when I was 2 years old, and this has been a dream of mine to recreate this walk.

To do this walk, I believe it's around 2,000 feet, to go from the U.S. to Canada. I would train walking a wire almost 8,000 feet, to overtrain for this.

It's very normal - when you're not used to the world of the high wire, it's very normal to be simply terrified. The reason I'm not is because I've done it for so many years.

I rendezvous with the long wire and perform the 'torero walk', gliding my feet, holding the pole away from my body, head high.

It would be very, very dangerous for a wire walker to experience fear while he is balancing on the wire. Fear has its place on earth, before and maybe after a high-wire walk, but not during for me.

If you see how carefully I prepare for any kind of walk, legal or illegal, small or big, you will see that, actually, I narrow the unknown to virtually nothing. And that's when I am ready to walk on the wire.

As a high wire walker, I do not allow myself to 'leave the wire' during a performance.

I have a fear of water, believe it or not. To put a wire 12 feet over a swimming pool frightens me. I don't like water.

Usually, when I walk on a wire, I inspect the anchor point on both sides before crossing.

It is treacherous on a high wire to change your focus point and suddenly look down.

I am the poet of the high wire - I never do stunts; I do theatrical performances.

You don't have to be someone who likes walking a tightrope across the Twin Towers to watch 'Man On Wire.'

As an actor you are supposed to do some kind of action in case it is required. I remember this sequence where I was pulled up by a wire 100 ft above the ground. This was my first time that I was hung with a wire and I was a bit scared. But I must say it was a very beautiful experience looking down at everybody from a height.

In the metal world, if you're using a wireless mic... I was so scared to do that. I'm, like, 'They're gonna boo me in the beginning.'

I've never really had a fear of heights; in fact, I love being up high, so hanging from wires high above everyone's head has always sort of felt natural for me.

It's about how you exist as a person in the world, and the idea that your work is more important than you as a person is a horrible, horrible message. I always think about a little gay boy in Wisconsin or a little lesbian in Arkansas seeing someone like me, and if I cannot be open in my life, how on earth can they?

I need to stand up for the people of Wisconsin.

Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done.

Start wide, expand further, and never look back.

Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.