Racing Quotes - Page 31

• The crashes people remember, but drivers remember the near misses.

  Mario Andretti

  Nascar Racing, People, Missing

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

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• There were no shortcuts, I realized. It took years of racing to build up the mind and body and character until a rider had logged hundreds of races and thousands of miles of road. I wouldn't be able to win a Tour de France until I had enough iron in my legs, and lungs, and brain and Heart.

  Lance Armstrong

  Heart, Character, Winning

  Lance Armstrong (2012). “It's Not About The Bike: My Journey Back to Life”, p.50, Random House

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• I think driving in New York is a great experience. A lot more racing techniques go into it than anyplace else I've ever driven. There basically are no lanes.

  Jeff Gordon

  New York, Thinking, Technique

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• The racing that we've got in our industry right now is the best racing in the worldperiod.

  Chad Knaus

  Right Now, Industry

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• Gilles was the fastest driver in the history of motor racing

  Jody Scheckter

  Motor Racing, Drivers, Motor

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• I believe if you are doing something like competing, like motor racing, you either do well or forget it.

  Ayrton Senna

  Believe, Motor Racing, Forget

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• The skin of the coward changes color all the time, he can't get a grip on himself, he can't sit still, he squats and rocks, shifting his weight from foot to foot, his heart racing, pounding inside the fellow's ribs, his teeth chattering. He dreads some grisly death. But the skin of a brave soldier never blanches. He's all control. Tense but no great fear.

  Homer

  Fear, Heart, Rocks

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• Offering multiple games to reach such a broad audience is a great way to create awareness about horse racing. Obviously, my favorite is the jockey game. It's very realistic.

  Chantal Sutherland

  Horse, Offering, Games

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• I have to accept risk as a racing driver.

  Emerson Fittipaldi

  Sports, Risk, Accepting

  Interview with Paul Schienberg, psychedonline.com. 2002.

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• I am not the kind of designer who is racing to the finish line, so while collaborations are important for our growth, each and every one has to be strategic and well-timed with what we have going on internally.

  Prabal Gurung

  Growth, Important, Collaboration

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• I was a terrible athlete and a pretty bad student. I couldn't focus. My imagination was always racing.

  Lisi Harrison

  Athlete, Imagination, Focus

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• I don't really study the guys that I'm racing against.

  Ryan Hall

  Guy, Study

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• I've always said that racing in New York is performing on the big stage.

  Ryan Hall

  New York, Bigs, Stage

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• I drove long distances like the 24 hours of Le Mans for years. But even this racing is now over. I retired.

  Jacky Ickx

  Distance, Years, Long

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• I grew up racing off-road trucks. They were on road courses with jumps. I made a name for myself in that style of racing.

  Jimmie Johnson

  Names, Style, Truck

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• The competition in today's world of racing is so tough.

  Jimmie Johnson

  Competition, World, Today

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• The thing I love about off-road racing is the pride in how abusive it is.

  Jimmie Johnson

  Pride, Things I Love, Abusive

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• I think the best way is to forget about racing people and just find territory that's fresh.

  Squarepusher

  Thinking, People, Territory

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• I don't see myself racing at 50 years old. I enjoy racing, and that has been my whole life. But one day I will take time to look at other things. I know that everything has an end date, even life, and I also have a family and there are other things to enjoy than trying to be first into the corner and fastest out.

  Tom Kristensen

  Years, Trying, One Day

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

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• Growing up in Huntington Beach, you were either a traditional sports athlete, a skateboarder, or a surfer. I got my first skateboard when I was five and skated off and on over the years, did a little BMX racing as a kid, and then in my freshman or sophomore year I started getting a little bit more into skateboarding.

  Jason Lee

  Sports, Beach, Growing Up

  Interview with Kenneth Plume, www.ign.com. October 2, 2000.

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• There's something special about racing in real streets. The 'artificial' circuits have a certain sameness to them. But every race conducted on real streets has a character of its own - Barcelona, Monaco, and now Long Beach.

  Mario Andretti

  Beach, Real, Character

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• But to say that the race is the metaphor for the life is to miss the point. The race is everything. It obliterates whatever isn't racing. Life is the metaphor for the race.

  Donald Antrim

  Cycling, Race, Missing

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• I love swimming because racing.

  Ryan Lochte

  Swimming, I Love Swimming

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• You don't suffer, kill yourself and take the risks I take just for money. I love bike racing.

  Greg LeMond

  Sports, Love Yourself, Risk

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• The bottom line is what we do might not be the safest so there is always some risk but we are ready to take that into account because we love racing and we love motor sports and it is dangerous.

  Sebastian Vettel

  Sports, Risk, Lines

  "Sebastian Vettel says Dan Wheldon's death highlights need for safety". www.theguardian.com. October 19, 2011.

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