Mike Hughes

“I like to do extraordinary things that no one else can do, and no one in the history of mankind has designed, built and launched himself in his own rocket.”

“I think jumping from one country to another would put me in a place in daredevil history that no one can match.”

“I want you to understand, when I do these interviews, I say a lot of goofy things because that's what people expect me to say. But I never said ever that I was trying to prove the flat Earth with this rocket. It's to raise awareness, to inspire people, to dream - which is what we used to do in this country.”

“My story really is incredible. It's got a bunch of story lines - the garage-built thing. I'm an older guy. It's out in the middle of nowhere, plus the flat Earth. The problem is it brings out all the nuts also, people questioning everything. It's the downside of all this.”

“I want to inspire the next man or woman or boy or girl who changes the world, because it needs it.”

“I expect to see a flat disk up there. I don't have an agenda. If it's a round Earth or a ball, I'm going to come down and say, 'Hey guys, I'm bad. It's a ball, OK?'”

“The thing is, most of these courts in San Bernardino know who I am and they've researched me. In fact, a couple of judges have asked me how my back's doing, when my next launch is, so they know who I am. Some of the bailiffs wave hi to me because they follow me on Facebook and see my launch. People know who I am.”

“In fact, when he interviewed me, I didn't know who the guy was. I didn't find out until later it was Logan Paul, some YouTube guy, which still didn't mean nothing to me.”

“A guy who builds his own rocket in his garage, about to jump a mile, is pretty cool. It's the most interesting human-interest story in the world.”

“I just want people to question everything. Question what your congressman is doing, your city council. Question what really happened during the Civil War. What happened during 9/11.”

“There are 20 different space agencies here in America, and I'm the last person that's put a man in a rocket and launched it.”

“I don't believe in science.”

“This magical little thing called gravity does not exist - it's all electromagnetism, OK. No one knows what is in the center of this earth, no one!”

“I believe the Earth is flat.”

“I've had people say so much, that I'm a fraud. I've had people email me and say, 'You're going to die.'”

“I'm a daredevil. I'm not much for authority or rules.”

“I'm a walking reality show.”

“To do anything extraordinary in your life takes an extraordinary effort.”

“I want to validate that I'm the greatest daredevil in daredevil history.”

“I believe the earth is stationary, but you have to realize I was an atheist for seven years. I just believed everything was a lie - all the wars, that there was no government, that corporations ran the world, that everything was a fraud - that everyone lied about everything.”