Racing Quotes

• The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.

  John Bingham

  Inspirational, Softball, Sports

  John Bingham (1999). “The Courage To Start: A Guide To Running for Your Life”, p.210, Simon and Schuster

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• If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.

  Mario Andretti

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  "Driving With Mario Andretti, Who at 76, Still Refuses to Slow Down". Interview with Sam Smith, www.roadandtrack.com. June 24, 2016.

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  Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary, that's what gets you.

  Jeremy Clarkson

  Love, Motor Racing, Car

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• Auto racing began 5 minutes after the second car was built.

  Henry Ford

  Nascar Racing, Funny Racing, Minutes

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• Auto racing, bull fighting, and mountain climbing are the only real sports... all the others are games.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Funny, Sports, Real

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• Faster, Faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Motor Racing, Nascar Racing, Drug

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• Cornering perfectly is like bringing a woman to climax.

  Jackie Stewart

  Climax

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• I love to feel a racing car around me, to feel the way it holds me.
  I love to make it do all that it was built to do, and then a little bit more.

  Stirling Moss

  Car, Littles, Way

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• There is no dishonor in losing the race. There is only dishonor in not racing because you are afraid to lose.

  Garth Stein

  Inspirational, Race, Honor

  Garth Stein (2008). “The Art of Racing in the Rain”, Harper

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• 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

  Motivational, Motor Racing, Race

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• You win some, lose some, and wreck some.

  Dale Earnhardt

  Sports, Winning, Nascar Racing

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• In racing, the fastest person wins. It is very simple.

  Paul Newman

  Winning, Simple, Persons

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• Straight roads are for fast cars, turns are for fast drivers.

  Colin McRae

  Race, Car, Driving

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• When you're racing, it's life. Anything that happens before or after is just waiting.

  Steve McQueen

  Waiting, Happens

  "Fictional character: Michael Delaney". "Le Mans", www.imdb.com. June 23, 1971.

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• IF is a very long word in Formula One; in fact, IF is F1 spelled backwards.

  Murray Walker

  Long, Facts, Formula 1

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• Racing is the fun part; it's the reward of all the hard work.

  Kara Goucher

  Fun, Hard Work, Rewards

  Twitter post from Nov 8, 2012

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• If you can leave two black stripes from the exit of one corner to the braking zone of the next, you have enough horsepower.

  Mark Donohue

  Two, Car, Black

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• Oh yes. It's not when you brake but when you take them off that counts. Most people don't understand that.

  Jackie Stewart

  People, Car Racing, Brake

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• A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments.

  Mario Andretti

  Animal, Car, Thousand

  "Formula 1's U.S. Fan Base 'Understated,' Andretti Says". Interview with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. November 19, 2012.

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• It is amazing how many drivers, even at the Formula One Level, think that the brakes are for slowing the car down.

  Mario Andretti

  Motivational, Thinking, Nascar Racing

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My No. 1 goal in racing was never to be the most popular driver.

  Brad Keselowski

  Goal, Drivers

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• In racing, I wanted to be a winner and to be a winner, you have to be willing to roll the dice.

  Bobby Rahal

  Sports, Dice, Winner

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• Winning is everything. The only ones who remember you when you come second are your wife and your dog.

  Damon Hill

  Inspirational, Motivational, Dog

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• The winner ain't the one with the fastest car. It's the one who refuses to lose.

  Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

  Motivational, Sports, Motor Racing

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• We broke something, I think it was traction.

  Carl Edwards

  Thinking, Car, Broke

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