Scientists have proven that it's impossible to long-jump 30 feet, but I don't listen to that kind of talk. Thoughts like that have a way of sinking into your feet.
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If you think, 'I'm jumping out of a plane at 30,000 feet!' you're not going to do it. But if you just jump out, then you'll have an interesting ride.
It's not about how high you jump. It's about how high everyone else jumps.
As a jumper, I try to defy gravity as long as I can. But no matter how far I jump, I'll always hit the earth eventually.
I've jumped out of an airplane 34 times. I've dove 212 feet under water. I've done a lot of things that defied death.
When I was younger, I did not have the strength to jump well enough, but over the years I have gained that, worked on it. But the sensibility you simply have to have.
You can't put your feet on the ground until you've touched the sky.
You were about five feet short of a ten feet jump?
When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.
I don't think there are many long jumpers who can say they have jumped so hard that have lost their hearing.
To this day, most people think of me as the fastest human. They don't really think me as a long jumper, although that's the event I had more success in.
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