Racing Quotes - Page 12

• Jean Todt's system will never succeed, not even with Michael Schumacher.

  Niki Lauda

  Succeed, Schumacher

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• This would have been Senna's third win a row if he'd won the two before

  Murray Walker

  Winning, Two, Thirds

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• Ukyo Katayama is undoubtedly the best Formula One driver that Grand Prix racing has ever produced

  Murray Walker

  Formulas, Drivers, Grand Prix

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• Any horse can win on any given day.

  Angel Cordero, Jr.

  Horse, Winning, Given

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• And now Jacques Laffitte is as close to Surer as Surer is to Laffitte

  Murray Walker

  Motor

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• There's enough Ferraris here to eat a plate of spaghetti.

  Jackie Stewart

  Car, Ferrari, Enough

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• Never ever doubt in magic.

  Scott Dixon

  Motivational, Magic, Doubt

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• The hunger and desire to go racing, however, never leaves your blood but the right opportunity has never really come along - until now that is.

  Nigel Mansell

  Motivational, Opportunity, Blood

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• You are going in one second the length of a football field. That means your brain is receiving information from your body what your car is doing physically, bumping, balance, performance.

  Emerson Fittipaldi

  Motivational, Football, Mean

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• Racing through the field and hunting make the mind wild.

  Laozi

  Hunting, Mind, Taoism

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• I couldn't beat Michael Phelps. A couple of years ago, I was racing against him and it just kinda dawned on me during the race that there was no chance I was gonna beat this guy. And so I said, if you can't beat him, find a race that he won't swim.

  Mark Warkentin

  Couple, Race, Years

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• The Possibilities in racing tactics are almost unlimited, as in a game of chess, for every move there is a counter, for every attack there is a defense.... The runner's greatest asset, apart from essential fitness of body, is a cool and calculating brain allied to confidence and courage. Above all, he must have a will to win.

  Franz Stampfl

  Moving, Winning, Games

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• Pain is that last quarter of a mile. You feel it, but when you’re through racing, your whole body just feels elated. So the pain is worth it.

  Louis Zamperini

  Pain, Body, Lasts

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• I don't put anything in front of taking ski racing and sports seriously.

  Bode Miller

  Sports, Skiing, Skis

  "Top U.S. Skier Bode Miller Battles Controversy". "All Things Considered" with Chris Arnold, www.npr.org. January 13, 2006.

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• Before I was an actor I was an apprentice jockey, and now I'm out there racing against boys, sort of the spokesperson for people over 50 that they can do it.

  Davy Jones

  Boys, People, Jockeys

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• My attitude on skis is different now. I have learned to put less pressure on myself and on the edges of my skis when I'm racing, to be keep myself more under control.

  Hermann Maier

  Attitude, Pressure, Different

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• As the time goes by, you change, your learn new things, your attitude is different. For the moment, I'm still enjoying ski racing so much that it would be difficult for me to think about ending my career.

  Hermann Maier

  Attitude, Thinking, Careers

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• When you are racing in an able-bodied competition, you're all equal and you go out there and try your best, and that's what counts.

  Natalie du Toit

  Effort, Competition, Trying

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• From 1999 to 2003 was the peak of equipment in ski racing. Since then, it's all gone in the wrong direction.

  Bode Miller

  Gone, Skis, Equipment

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• There's been times when I've been in really tough shape at the top of the course. Talk about a hard challenge right there. I mean, if you ever tried to ski when you're wasted, it's not easy. Try and ski a slalom when … you hit a gate less than every one a second, so it's risky, you know. You're putting your life at risk there. It's like driving drunk only there's no rules about it in ski racing.

  Bode Miller

  Mean, Drunk, Challenges

  "Miller on the carpet over drink-and-ski interview". Interview With Erica Bulman, www.theguardian.com. January 10, 2006.

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• And I guess the thing that I really sort of rely on in me is that I love racing and I love competing and so I know that you know when the time comes and the pressure's on and I have to swim well, I'm sort of able to pull it out and sort of get the best out of myself.

  Stephanie Rice

  Swim, Able, Pressure

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

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• I should be doing that too. I should be out there running and racing. I should be taking care of my body.

  Gerry Lindgren

  Running, Body, Care

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• One skill that separates good from almost-good runners is an ability to concentrate for an entire race, whether it is a mile or a marathon.

  Kara Goucher

  Race, Skills, Marathon

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• CART is one of the safest racing series in the world.

  Michael Andretti

  World, Carts, Series

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• Books on horse racing subjects have never done well, and I am told that publishers had come to think of them as the literary version of box office poison

  Laura Hillenbrand

  Horse, Book, Thinking

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