Nik Wallenda ,quotes

To do this walk, I believe it...

To do this walk, I believe it's around 2,000 feet, to go from the U.S. to Canada. I would train walking a wire almost 8,000 feet, to overtrain for this.

Nik Wallenda 10.08.2025 21:14:43 26 quotes

If you take suede leather and...

If you take suede leather and put it on a piece of steel, and put moisture on it, it actually sticks.

Nik Wallenda 10.08.2025 21:14:43 26 quotes

There was no way to focus on ...

There was no way to focus on the movement of the cable. If I looked down at the cable there was water moving everywhere. And if I looked up there was heavy mist blowing in front of my face. So it was a very unique, a weird sensation.

Nik Wallenda 10.08.2025 21:14:43 26 quotes

I've seen the video played ov...

I've seen the video played over and over, and it replays in my head constantly. To be able to walk in his exact footsteps is an extremely huge honor, and I did this for him as much as I did it for my family to get some closure too.

Nik Wallenda 10.08.2025 21:14:43 26 quotes

I have never in my life walke...

I have never in my life walked with a harness. The weight of the tether, makes it feel like I'm dragging an anchor behind me.

Nik Wallenda 10.08.2025 21:14:43 26 quotes

That mist was thick. It was h...

That mist was thick. It was hard to see at times. The wind was wild. It'd come at me one way and hit me from the front, and hit me from the back.

Nik Wallenda 10.08.2025 21:14:43 26 quotes

It's Niagara Falls. It's one ...

It's Niagara Falls. It's one of the most beautiful natural wonders in the world. Who wouldn't want to walk across it?

Nik Wallenda 10.08.2025 21:14:43 26 quotes

I am so blessed. How blessed ...

I am so blessed. How blessed I am to have the life that I have.

Nik Wallenda 10.08.2025 21:14:43 26 quotes

I'm facing Niagara Falls - th...

I'm facing Niagara Falls - the wind and the mist and the dark and the peregrine falcons - and I'm going to stay focused on the other side.

Nik Wallenda 10.08.2025 21:14:43 26 quotes

The impossible is not quite i...

The impossible is not quite impossible if you put your mind to it.

Nik Wallenda 10.08.2025 21:14:43 26 quotes

One thing that was passed on ...

One thing that was passed on from generation to generation in my family, over seven generations in 200 years, was never give up. That's the way we live.

Nik Wallenda 10.08.2025 21:14:43 26 quotes

I have permits to be the firs...

I have permits to be the first person in the world to walk across the Grand Canyon so that's a process we'll start working on. I'd say within three to five years I'll accomplish that as well.

Nik Wallenda 10.08.2025 21:14:43 26 quotes

I'd love to come to Australia...

I'd love to come to Australia. I'd love to walk about the Sydney Opera House.

Nik Wallenda 10.08.2025 21:14:43 26 quotes

My great-grandfather, Karl Wa...

My great-grandfather, Karl Wallenda, was my biggest hero in life, my biggest inspiration behind everything I do.

Nik Wallenda 10.08.2025 21:14:43 26 quotes

The mist was so challenging a...

The mist was so challenging and the winds hit me, definitely more than I expected. It was definitely those winds, you can't re-enact them, you can't recreate them. Then my forearms started to tense up and you feel like running.

Nik Wallenda 10.08.2025 21:14:43 26 quotes

What an incredibly beautiful ...

What an incredibly beautiful city at night Chicago is. Absolutely beautiful.

Nik Wallenda 10.08.2025 21:14:43 26 quotes

One thing that was passed on f...

One thing that was passed on from generation to generation in my family, over seven generations in 200 years, was never give up. That's the way we live.

Nik Wallenda 12.03.2018 14:45:32 26 quotes

I'm always looking for the nex...

I'm always looking for the next major hurdle and doing something that the world has never seen.

Nik Wallenda 03.03.2018 03:03:03 26 quotes

My great-grandfather, Karl Wal...

My great-grandfather, Karl Wallenda, was my biggest hero in life, my biggest inspiration behind everything I do.

Nik Wallenda 03.03.2018 03:03:03 26 quotes

There's weight on me to raise ...

There's weight on me to raise the bar, to carry on that legacy. But that's what drives me. Making sure that no one ever forgets who the Wallendas are.

Nik Wallenda 03.03.2018 03:03:03 26 quotes

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