Racing Quotes
Various racing quotes, placed in no particular order.
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"To race is to live. All the rest is simply waiting" |
| "Am I afraid of dying in a race car? If you believe you will die in your bed, then why are you not afraid to climb into it each night?" -Tazio Nuvolari |
| " Auto racing, bull fighting, and mountain climbing are the only real sports ... all others are games." -Earnest Hemingway |
| "I've tried everything other than jumping out of a plane, but nothing gives you an adrenaline rush like racing a car." -Nigel Mansell |
| "I feel safer on a racetrack than I do on Houston's freeways." -A.J. Foyt |
| "In order to finish first, you first have to finish." -Stirling Moss |
| "Aerodynamics is for those who cannot manufacture good engines" -Enzo Ferrari |
| “When I raced a car last, it was at a time when sex was safe and racing was dangerous. Now, it’s the other way round.” -Hans Stuck |
| "It's raining and the track is wet" -Murray Walker |
| "Driving in Monte Carlo is like riding a bike in your house" -Nélson Piquet |
| "Drivers are just interchangeable light bulbs - you plug them in and they do the job" -Teddy Mayer, McLaren |
| "One of the great things in motor racing is concentration. When I want to go faster I don't drive any faster, I just concentrate harder." -Jim Clark |
| "Anyone who doesn't speak English isn't worth speaking to" -Bernie Ecclestone |
| "It's been 2000 years since a Good Friday was this bad" -Pat Symonds, Benetton |
| "Why did I take up racing? I was too lazy to work and too chicken to steal" -Kyle Petty |
| "With Senna, I learned how things should be done...With Mansell I learned how things mustn't be done" -Mika Hakkinen |
| “I’ve crashed a Formula 1 car there – I’ve crashed a Formula 1 car in most places, actually.” -Martin Brundle |
| "I am an artist. The track is my canvas, and the car is my brush." -Graham Hill |
| "Mansell is the greatest idiot in the history of F1, for sure" -Nelson Piquet |
| "I just don't know how to drive if not in a risky way. If I have to overtake, i'll do it. Every driver has his limits. Mine is just a little further than the others'" -Ayrton Senna |
| "Senna
1st, Prost 2nd and Berger 3rd that makes up the top four!" -Murray Walker |
| "If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough" -Mario Andretti |
| "Dad taught me everything I know about racing. Unfortunately, he didn't teach me everything he knows." -Al Unser Jr. |
| "My goal is not to be a race-car driver. The reason I'm racing is because I enjoy being in the car and being on the edge." -Jacques Villeneuve |
| "Cornering is like bringing a women to climax" -Jackie Stewart |
| "If someone said to me that you can have three wishes, my first would have been to get into racing, my second to be in Formula 1, my third to drive for Ferrari." -Gilles Villeneuve |
| "You know you're in trouble when the first person to get to you after a wreck is carrying a beer." -Jimmy Horton |
| "The best way to make a small fortune in racing is to start with a big one." -Junior Johnson |
| "Drivin a race car is like dancing with a chain saw." -Cale Yarborough |
| "You will always have the best drivers of each era, and they will always be the best of that time, and they are Jim Clark, Niki Lauda, Alain Prost, Juan Manuel Fangio, Ayrton Senna." -Jackie Stewart |
| "I will drive flat out all the time. I love racing." -Gilles Villeneuve |
| "Any car which holds together for a whole race is too heavy" -Colin Chapman |
| "When I make a mistake, they don't penalize me 15 yards. They take me away in an ambulance." -Richard Petty |
| "I could have passed him if he hadn't been in front of me!" -Stirling Moss |
| "I am paid to drive the shit out of the car" -Jacques Villeneuve |
| "Winning is everything. The only ones who remember when you come second are your wife and your dog" -Damon Hill |
| "I had a little wiggle coming off Turn Four, which could have developed into a wobble" -Mark Blundell |
| "When I look fast, I'm not smooth and I am going slowly, and when I look slow, I am smooth and going fast" -Alain Prost |
| "The prinicple is the same, one man is Champion, the others aren't" -Niki Lauda |
| "Physically, I feel fine. The only time I feel any pain is when I look at the time sheets" -Dario Franchitti |
| "You always see gaps in motor racing. The trick is to make sure they are wider than your car" -Mario Andretti |
| "You must always believe you will become the best, but you must never believe you have done so" -Juan Manuel Fangio |
| "Gilles was the hardest bastard I ever raced against, but completely
fair" -Keke Rosberg |
| "In a word, well two words really - that's motor racing" -Nigel Mansell |
| "At some stage of your development you may have to overstep your known capabilities. I strongly urge you to pick that spot carefully" -Jim Clark |
| "Speed costs money, how fast do you want to go" -A.J. Foyt |
| "I'd rather give up sex than f1" -David Coulthard |
| "One of the great things about being World Champion, is that you can be late for appointments" -Keke Rosberg |
| "He ran out of talent about halfway through the corner" -Buddy Baker |
