John Burroughs Quotes

I think if you play a character that is fearless, then it's boring. I think that's what was so incredible about Harrison Ford, is that he always seemed like he was never going to survive it, he's always scared, and yet he always does survive it somehow.

It's a lot harder to break bones in golf than motocross. But that made me fearless in a way.

Anybody can leap off a building.

I've always been the kind of person who, if there's anything that can kill me, I want to know something about it.

I do all my own stunts and come away with bruises and scratches.

If you don't finish a day of stunts with a lot of bruises, you feel like you haven't done it right.

There's a thing I think children realise at a certain age, which is that if their parents say, 'Don't do it', and they go ahead and do it, they're still not going to die. And I think that's what it is: that no matter what you do, you're not going to die.

Skydiving is a rush. Doing it naked could be more of a rush, but it's nothing I would ever consider.

No, I don't think you can ever worry about playing not to get hurt. I think that's when you get hurt.

I never worry about injury. When you go out there, you're playing football. And when you start worrying about those things, that's more when they happen, playing timid or keeping it in the back of your mind.

Is there fear? No, there isn't. Now, I've made mistakes. I've broken 56 bones in my body, and each one was a mistake. But when we do stunts, there's just no room for fear.

All stunt men and women are as competitive as I am. They're just not as talented.

Those who take risks walk the high wire with no fear of falling.

I have always felt better taking a risk than an easier route for what I believe in.

I never felt in competition with anybody in war photography. You're lucky to get your ass in and out again. It's as simple as that. It's the easiest photography in the world to shoot somebody who's been shot up. It doesn't take a genius. That's easy. The only thing you need to know is your photography. Get in and if you're lucky get out. And get as close as you can get.

I believe that if you want to go make your mark on the world you've got to go out and do it. Don't be shy, be adventurous.

It is courage based on confidence, not daring, and it is confidence based on experience.

Mistakes you commit through audacity are easily corrected with more audacity.

I like the person who commits and goes all in and takes big swings and then maybe fails or looks stupid; who jumps and falls down, rather than the person who points at the person who fell, and laughs.

[There's] this idea of "I want to take care of myself," but at the same time I want to be brave, daring, and expressive.

If you jump out of a plane without a parachute, does that make you brave? No, I think that makes you stupid. I will never play without the mask again.

The man who is not afraid of danger is not a hero, but a psychopath.

You need courage to be creative. You need the courage to see things differently, courage to go against the crowd, courage to take a different approach, courage to stand alone, if you have to, courage to choose activity over inactivity.

Just like a turtle, we only make progress if we stick our neck out.

It is not that I don't recognize the danger in ski racing, but that I don't fear the consequences.