Nathan Outteridge Quotes

Danger is cool.

I'm riveted by extreme sports like big-wave surfing, 'megaramp' skateboarding and half-pipe snowboarding. I'm fascinated partly because the sports are so exhilaratingly acrobatic. But I'm also captivated by the fear that a terrible accident might happen at any moment. And accidents do happen.

I like the edge of danger.

Nearly everything that was fun, of course, was also a little dangerous: riding roller coasters, skydiving, gambling, sex.

I know it can be dangerous, but I love racing. I worry my wife, but she knows it's important to me.

I think there's something in the human psyche that we're titillated by the person who flies too close to the candle and their wings get singed.

One of the things that's interesting to me is I find things like caffeine and stunts actually relax me. When they're putting a bit of gel on my arm and lighting me on fire, or when I'm about to go into a high-speed car chase or rev a motorcycle up pretty fast, I find everything else around me slows down.

Of course risk-taking does not always pay off, but it's a lot of fun!

I'm not into these mollycoddled sorts of things; I like a bit of danger. I haven't got a death wish, but it makes things exciting, doesn't it?

I know it is a dangerous sport but this is something I like.

I do like a bit of danger. Guns, cars, running, bullets. I'm up for it.

Danger is like wine, it goes to your head.

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

It's an addictive thing. It's not so much I like to go win, but it's a rush.

I'm not going to jump out of airplanes or anything like someone else I know.

I like walking on the edge.

There are women who take it to the wire. That's what they are looking for, the ultimate confrontation. They want a smack.

For my money, if I'm playing anything then it has to have some sharp angles on it. It's got to have some edges that you can cut yourself on, otherwise it's boring.

I loved to fall down.

I don't do any amount of stunts.

I love the fast lane.

You don't suffer, kill yourself and take the risks I take just for money. I love bike racing.

I like living on the edge.

I live to feel myself in danger.

It's very real, the narrow line between a night danced away and the potential of death around the corner.