I've trained all my life not to be distracted by distractions. - Nik Wallenda

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At the small table, sitting very upright, was one of the ugliest old ladies he had ever seen. It was an ugliness of distinction - it fascinated rather than repelled.

Nik Wallenda

I've trained all my life not to be distracted by distractions.

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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.

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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.

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

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I'm one of those people who always tries to overachieve. I want to do more. I want to do bigger things.

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I do everything I do to pay tribute to my great-grandfather.

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