On the high wire, within months, I'm able to master all the tricks they do in the circus, except I am not satisfied.

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

I am not up there by chance. I am there by choice. And I know the wire. And I know my limits. And I am a madman of details.

My time is always divided when I prepare for a wire walk. First I dream, technically and artistically, and then I go to work, and I am the master rigger, climbing trees and ladders and constructing. Only then I change my cap and become the performer.

I am a wire-walker. I can walk any time, anywhere - I'm indestructible.

If I am practicing on the wire, and you pushed me, I would not move, and if you take a piece of wood and beat me up on the shoulder and the head, I would not move. You would not put me out of balance. You would not be able to. I am solid as granite when I am on the tight rope, and I should be.