Quotes About Racing

I've run 1,000 miles in Baja, and that's pretty much nonstop.

I haven't got any friends on the track when I have my helmet on but whenever I take it off, I am a normal person at the end.

I grew up in Northern California, all I ever did was race and that's all I was focused on.

They watched storms out there so distant they could not be heard, the silent lightning flaring sheetwise and the thin black spine of the mountain chain fluttering and sucked away again in the dark. They saw wild horses racing on the plain, pounding their shadows down the night and- leaving in the moonlight a vaporous dust like the palest stain of their passing.

The night was cold and clear and the sparks rising from the fire raced hot and red among the stars.

Oh racing wind, thou wizard of the west, From half across the world ye come to me... Oh wind, wild wind, blow through my heart to-day!... Today I am in love with life and thee!

It's not too good to have this attitude in F1. It could be a disadvantage.

I'm lucky. The best possible place in the world for training is Addis Ababa, so I am home all the time except when I am racing. I like to be there, near my family, my kids, also the real estate business I run with my wife.

The jockey never recalls using a whip. The horse never forgets.

It is unnatural for drivers and team members to be sitting on their hands when we would usually be racing.

I used to fly around quite a bit, you know? I took a lot of unnecessary chances on the highways. And I started racing, and now I drive on the highways, I'm extra cautious because no one knows what they're doing half the time. You don't know what this guy is going to do or that one.

Where do thoroughbreds go after they lose one too many races, throw one too many riders, or develop a limp? Many thousands of thoroughbreds end up being slaughtered for horse meat. The unpleasant truth is horse meat is eaten in Europe and Asia.

That's the only difference in Formula E from other championships - it's more unpredictable.

The GTO is such an important car because it's a racing car and a touring car and that's pretty unusual.

One thing I would like to see is a stronger ladder series for up-and-coming American drivers.

Motor racing is 99 per cent downs and one per cent ups. It's a huge challenge, as there are so many things that can go wrong.

Me and my dad never talked racing. We just didn't. I wouldn't go up and ask him about that unless I wanted to upset him.

One thing about racing, a lot of times you'll get upset with someone, yet we live in confinement here. It's almost like we live in a prison and you have to try and get along. Forgive and forget.

Auto racing is boring except when a car is going at least 172 miles per hour upside down.

In NASCAR, you can do a lot of banging around and get pretty serious and even get yourself upside down. All of those things can happen - and then you give an interview two seconds later.

I had a '56 Ford, and my first car was a '49 Chevy. I converted it to a stick and used to race with the other high school kids down along the river.

I'm a casual F1 racing fan. I'm probably more of a stock car, NASCAR guy.

I would like to run about 15 stock car races a year. That would be my goal.

I had the offer to race Stock Cars. I refused the first time.