Racing Quotes - Page 15

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

  Jackie Stewart

  Car, Ferrari, Enough

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• I do not speak the English so good, but then I speak the driving very well.

  Emerson Fittipaldi

  Driving, Speak, Wells

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• I had to go off the circuit twice to avoid him. I don't know what Rene Arnoux is doing in Formula One racing. He should be on the beach.

  Thierry Boutsen

  Beach, Should, Formulas

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• Keke Rosberg is as calculating as a slot machine.

  Louis Stanley

  Machines, Calculating, Slot Machines

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• As I stood in the booth chatting to people, it occurred to me that besides good racing, the Crew Classic provided an ideal setting for the brotherhood of rowing. The brotherhood connects real rowing people. Teammates who haven't visited in years came together, and so do former opponents who once battled like mortal enemies. Suddenly they discovered they have much more in common. Long live the brotherhood of rowing.

  Brad Alan Lewis

  Real, Years, Long

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• Speaking from memory, I don't know how many points Nelson Piquet has.

  Murray Walker

  Memories, Having Fun, Know How

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• Thackwell really can metaphorically coast home now

  Murray Walker

  Home, Coast, Motor

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• And all Niki really has to do now is coast

  Murray Walker

  Coast, Motor

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• Alain Prost is in a commanding second position

  Murray Walker

  Position, Motor

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• A mediocre season for Nelson Piquet as he is now known and always has been.

  Murray Walker

  Funny, Mediocre, Motor

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• With two laps to go then the action will begin, unless this is the action, which it is.

  Murray Walker

  Funny, Motor Racing, Two

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• There are four different cars filling the first four places.

  Murray Walker

  Car, Different, Four

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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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• Brundle is driving an absolutely pluperfect race.

  Murray Walker

  Race, Driving, Motor

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• If horse racing is the sport of kings, then drag racing must be the sport of queens.

  Bert Sugar

  Sports, Horse, Kings

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• Even as I speak, in four hours time the Kyalami Grand Prix will roar away

  Tony Lewis

  Four, Speak, Hours

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• ... the lead is now 6.9 seconds. In fact it's just under 7 seconds

  Murray Walker

  Funny, Motor Racing, Facts

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• I wonder if Watson is in the relaxed state of mind he's in

  Murray Walker

  Mind, Wonder, States

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• The gap between the two cars is 0.9 of a second, which is less than one second

  Murray Walker

  Two, Car, Gaps

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• You can't see a digital clock because there isn't one

  Murray Walker

  Digital, Clock, Motor

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• Your luck goes up and down like swings and roundabouts

  James Hunt

  Swings, Luck, Up And Down

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• The beauty of running is its simplicity; the beauty of runners is that we all have a similar drive to improve. We are either trying to run a personal best, or toeing the line for the first time, which will snowball into a future of trying to run personal bests. We road racers are a tight community of mileage-happy, limit-pushing athletes.

  Deena Kastor

  Running, Athlete, Simplicity

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• Recycle those nerves and make them adreneline.

  Katy Perry

  Nerves

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• Let's just say it and be done with it. Racing hurts. But here's another truth: having put in the effort to prepare for a race and then not giving it your all hurts even more. The first kind of hurt goes away in hours or a day. The second kind of hurt can last a lifetime.

  Lawrence Shapiro

  Hurt, Race, Giving

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• When speed gets in the blood, one must drive to live.

  Rudolf Caracciola

  Blood, Speed

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