Nik Wallenda Quotes

We train very hard under windy conditions. I've actually walked a wire in my backyard with 90-mile-an-hour winds.

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

Wire-walking in performance is one thing - I never fell, of course. If I had, I wouldn't be here talking about it.

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

Nik Wallenda and his family are legendary.

A good 60 per cent of my time I spend travelling, mostly to the U.S., Canada and Germany.

I'm often very relaxed when I'm on the wire.

The thing that's interesting about wire walking is that we never get to see it other than looking up. It's like a circus thing. It's a guy on a wire.

My whole thing is that guys are working out and getting legs stronger and getting the upper body stronger, and the ligaments just aren't quite able to keep up.

I think the two exercises that have helped me the most include using the bands with my ankles, and then another one of my favorites is where I lean on a balloon-shaped ball with my forehead touching it and rotate my head front, back and sideways to build up the muscles and ligaments in my neck.

I know Seth Rollins is a CrossFit guy. I just think back to my days, and I don't know how I could have done CrossFit training and then wrestled that night.

I have a boxing trainer at a gym, which is really fun. And I also try to complement it with flybarre, which is lengthening, strengthening, toning, just tightening everything up.

When I came back to Mumbai after boarding school, I was 16 and I picked up weight training and yoga. This is when I also started dance classes and Pilates and then I started doing different workouts every month. I am now proficient in kick boxing, gymnastics, classical dance as well as yoga.

I treat my life as though I am on a tightrope.

I'm in the gym every day, Monday through Friday. And I train really hard to go out and do a tour. So that, basically, what I'm doing with my trainer is that I train harder in the gym than the amount of energy that I expend on the stage. So by the time I'm ready to go out on the road, doing a show is a whole lot easier.

I have toured with the likes of Laxmikant-Pyarelal and performed in places like U.S., Canada, and Europe.

Everyone works so hard on their game and on their body. Most of the time, it comes down to who is more relaxed mentally; on the court while playing and off the court.

An ordinary pushup is much more advanced and challenging performed on a stability ball.

Each time I'm training and sparring, I'm always pushing myself to submit my training partners.

After intensive body building for eight years, I went to the U.S. for training. There, I learnt the art of wrestling. Later, I went to Japan and joined a wrestling group.

Well, my dad did a lot of Kung Fu when I was growing up, so he taught me a lot about mental toughness. Ways to slow your heart rate down, slow your breathing down to take control of your body so you can push yourself to the next limit.

I learned to kick trees with my bare feet to strengthen my legs.

No matter how much you train, you can't replicate the stresses that the body takes when it's in a competitive environment.

The only 'special supplements' I'm using is two hard and bloody trainings per day, five days a week.

I work a lot of conditioning and stamina.