Author Profile
Alain Robert
1962 • French • Athlete
27
Total Quotes
Collected Meditations
Showing 27 quotesWith buildering, I get to keep that element of danger. Plus, I very much like the feeling of height, and buildings have even more of a feeling of height than rock faces.— Alain Robert
If you've climbed the first 140 meters it doesn't mean that you've succeeded; you are going to succeed by climbing the last 10 meters.— Alain Robert
I enjoy every climb - maybe it's because it's a literal dance between life and death.— Alain Robert
I was not willing to give up because I was born to like taking risks and that is my way of life.— Alain Robert
Fortunately, the courts discharged me every time after they understood what I had done.— Alain Robert
When I climb a building, I've been there already, and carefully planned how to start the climb as well as how to do it.— Alain Robert
When I was 12, I forgot the keys to my parent's apartment. So I simply climbed up seven floors to get in.— Alain Robert
It's a great feeling to know that 100 cops want to stop you doing something and they can't.— Alain Robert
There is a percentage of people who want to be a little bit outside their comfort zone and I am one of them, someone who lives on the edge.— Alain Robert