I've been in motorsport my whole life since I was eight years of age. — Nigel Mansell
My father was a motorsports journalist and a motorbike fan. He gave me my motocross bike. — Jacky Ickx
Auto racing, bull fighting, and mountain climbing are the only real sports... all the others are games. — Ernest Hemingway
Motor racing can never be totally safe and it never should be in my opinion. — Murray Walker
Money is how we keep the score in motor racing nowadays. — Colin Chapman
There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games. — Ernest Hemingway
You don't race cars, you race the rule book — Smokey Yunick
A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments. — Mario Andretti
To be a great motorbike racer, the most important thing is passion for the bike. — Valentino Rossi
There is no doubt that Formula 1 has the best risk management of any sport and any industry in the world. — Jackie Stewart
I've tried everything other than jumping out of a plane, but nothing gives you an adrenaline rush like racing a car. — Nigel Mansell
I race to win. If I am on the bike or in a car it will always be the same. — Valentino Rossi
The era of gentleman racing drivers is ended. — Enzo Ferrari
I race historic muscle cars back in Australia, and that's my hobby. And I try to race home as soon as I've finished a movie but don't tell anyone. — Eric Bana
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
Short Motorsport Quotes
You must always strive to be the best, but you must never believe that you are. — Juan Manuel Fangio
It is not always possible to be the best, but it is always possible to improve your own performance. — Jackie Stewart
Auto racing began 5 minutes after the second car was built. — Henry Ford
You want to climb the mountain because it’s there and you know you can do it. — Alex Zanardi
I'm kind of quiet but when I put my helmet on, it's like you flip a switch. I'm ready to go. — Martin Truex Jr.
There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. — Joey Dunlop
Aerodynamics is for those who cannot manufacture good engines. — Enzo Ferrari
Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary, that's what gets you. — Jeremy Clarkson
The winner ain't the one with the fastest car. It's the one who refuses to lose. — Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
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
Mansell can see him in his earphone. — Murray Walker
Only a biker knows why a dog sticks his head out of a car window. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nigel Mansell is the last person in the race apart from the five in front of him — Murray Walker
Winning is everything. The only ones who remember you when you come second are your wife and your dog. — Damon Hill
Faster, Faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death. — Hunter S. Thompson
Your luck goes up and down like swings and roundabouts — James Hunt
Auto Racing Quotes
As soon as you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high. — Ayrton Senna
Race cars are neither beautiful nor ugly. They become beautiful when they win. — Enzo Ferrari
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
As far as cheating goes, they'll never stop it. The only way it can be done successfully, only one person can know about it. — Smokey Yunick
If you're in control, you're not going fast enough. — Parnelli Jones
It is amazing how many drivers, even at the Formula One Level, think that the brakes are for slowing the car down. — Mario Andretti
Once you've raced, you never forget it...and you never get over it. — Richard Childress
Turbochargers are for people who cant build engines. — Keith Duckworth
Moonshiners put more time, energy, thought, and love into their cars than any racer ever will. Lose on the track, and you go home. Lose with a load of whiskey, and you go to jail. — Junior Johnson
It's basically the same, just darker. — Alan Kulwicki
Car Racing Quotes
Straight roads are for fast cars, turns are for fast drivers. — Colin McRae
The perfect racing car crosses the finish line first and subsequently falls into its component parts. — Ferdinand Porsche
Driving fast on the track does not scare me. What scares me is when I drive on the highway I get passed by some idiot who thinks he is Fangio. — Juan Manuel Fangio
Race is only relevant when it will heighten racial tensions, so ABC doesn’t mention that the driver was black. They do, however, give you the critical detail that it was a luxury car. — Dave Smith
If I wanted to learn how to race a speed car, I'm not going to go and race with Formula One drivers. I'm going to go to a beginner's class. — Jay Shetty
The racing driver's mind has to have the ability to have amazing anticipation, coordination, and reflex. Because of the speed the car goes. — Emerson Fittipaldi
If you don't come walking back to the pits every once in a while holding a steering wheel in your hands, you're not trying hard enough — Mario Andretti
When you are fitted in a racing car and you race to win, second or third place is not enough. — Ayrton Senna
Sports Cars Quotes
I couldn't find the sports car of my dreams, so I built it myself. — Ferdinand Porsche
Jeep is America's only real sports car. — Enzo Ferrari
The word 'geek' today does not mean what it used to mean. A geek isn't the skinny kid with a pocket protector and acne. There can be computer geeks, video game geeks, car geeks, military geeks, and sports geeks. Being a geek just means that you're passionate about something. — Olivia Munn
A lot of people think Formula One isn't a sport because everyone drives a car when they go to work in the morning. But we're pulling up to six G on a corner or during breaking, which is almost like being a fighter pilot. So we have to do a lot of work on our neck muscles. — Jenson Button
When I joined the trio, it was as if I was capable of driving a sports car at 60, but Ray Brown and Oscar Peterson just kept pressing the pedal down, and I was trying to control the car at 80! — Barney Kessel
When I first started running, I was so embarrassed I'd walk when cars passed me. I'd pretend I was looking at the flowers! — Joan Benoit
The Jeep is the only true American sports car. — Enzo Ferrari
In 1964, when Lee Iacocca said, 'Shelby, I want you to make a sports car out of the Mustang,' the first thing I said was, 'Lee, you can't make a race horse out of a mule. I don't want to do it.' He said, 'I didn't ask you to make it; you work for me.' — Carroll Shelby
Since my induction into the Sports Hall of Fame, I have wanted to have my No. 3 Chevy on exhibit for sports fans to see. I hope others will enjoy the car as much as I have. — Junior Johnson
In sport there is never any moment that is the same as the other. I have been in Formula One for 12 years, and out of that I had one year with the perfect car. — Michael Schumacher
Race Car Quotes
You won't catch me driving a race car that I have built. — Colin Chapman
Oh yes. It's not when you brake but when you take them off that counts. Most people don't understand that. — Jackie Stewart
The best classroom of all times was about two car lengths behind Juan Manuel Fangio. — Stirling Moss
I would have probably stolen cars - it would have given me the same adrenaline rush as racing. — Valentino Rossi
I have, in fact, no interest in life outside racing cars. — Enzo Ferrari
It's like flying jet fighters in a gymnasium — Dick Trickle
We broke something, I think it was traction. — Carl Edwards
When you win a race your on top that day, so take it for what its worth, have a good time and party, cause the next day when you get out of bed, the meter goes back to zero again. — Bobby Allison
Why is a person who plays the piano called a pianist but a person who drives a racing car not called a racist? — Steven Wright
Nascar Racing Quotes
If I have a love-hate relationship with Martinsville, then we're missing the love part of the equation. — Tony Stewart
Why did I take up racing? I was too lazy to work and too chicken to steal — Kyle Petty
I wish they would pass a law where all Democrats and Republicans had to wear NASCAR racing suits, because if you look at the NASCAR drivers, it tells who their sponsors are. And if they do that, we could then become informed voters, because we would know who owns them. — Jesse Ventura
If you don't cheat, you look like an idiot; if you cheat and don't get caught, you look like a hero; if you cheat and get caught, you look like a dope. Put me where I belong. — Darrell Waltrip
Like NASCAR race drivers or PGA golfers, why not require each of the [US presidential] candidates to cover their clothing, briefcases and staff with the logo patches of their corporate sponsors? — Jim Hightower
The crashes people remember, but drivers remember the near misses. — Mario Andretti
In NASCAR, you don't have to be as physically strong as in some other forms of racing. You've just got to be able to endure the heat and endurance of it. — Jeff Gordon
It's basically the same, just darker. (on racing Saturday nights as opposed to Sunday afternoons, 1991 — Alan Kulwicki
Kyle Busch has got to be the loneliest NASCAR driver ever. He's led so many laps he never sees anybody in front of him for two-thirds of the race. He just sees clean racetrack...He's the Maytag guy. — Kyle
Race makes things funny. A black guy driving in NASCAR: not funny. A black guy driving a car sponsored by Tide: not funny. A black guy driving a car sponsored by Aunt Jemima: hilarious. — Carlos Mencia
Racing Driver Quotes
If you no longer go for a gap that exists, you are no longer a racing driver. — Ayrton Senna
You will never know the feeling of a driver when winning a race. The helmet hides feelings that cannot be understood. — Ayrton Senna
Racing drivers have balls, unfortunantly, none of them are crystal — David Coulthard
I think fear is what keeps us from going over the edge. I mean, as a race car driver, I don't think what makes a good race car driver is a fearless person. I think it's somebody that is comfortable being behind the wheel of something that's somewhat out of control. — Jeff Gordon
Each driver has its limit. My limit is a little bit further than others. — Ayrton Senna
I am a racer. I'm not a race car driver. I am a racer. I race. That's what I do. I don't go on vacations. I don't take my family on vacations because I don't have a family. My family is the racing family. — Tony Stewart
Ukyo Katayama is undoubtedly the best Formula One driver that Grand Prix racing has ever produced — Murray Walker
If you are a straightforward racing driver you should always see your limits. You have to be objective and not come up with any bullshit. — Niki Lauda
By being a racing driver means you are racing with other people. And if you no longer go for a gap that exists, you are no longer a racing driver because we are competing, we are competing to win. — Ayrton Senna
Juan Fangio was the great man of racing, whilst Stirling Moss was the epitome of a racing driver. — Jackie Stewart
You live more in five minutes on a bike like this going flat out than some people live in a lifetime. — Burt Munro
No, it will never have enough power until I can spin the wheels at the end of the straightaway in high gear. Too much power is never enough. — Mark Donohue
Linguistics is a good way of defining the culture of a brand. The vocabulary used by sports and lifestyle brands - running, fitness, training, motorsports - is all about functionality, whereas the vocabulary of the luxury business - handbags, ready-to-wear - is all about the product. — Francois-Henri Pinault
To be a driver that can cross off one of those marquee events as a winner, that cements your legacy in motorsports, to be able to win the Daytona 500 is the ultimate dream of a race car driver. — Tony Stewart
Motorsport is very expensive. No one cares if you had a good season two years ago and then you have an injury. It is a very dodgy investment. — Sebastian Vettel
Motorsport is very expensive. No one cares if you had a good season two years ago and then you have an injury. It is a very dodgy investment. — SebastiAn
I want to say thank you to everybody at Hendrick Motorsports for their hard work...Obviousl y, the front row is very special, big thank you to Chevrolet and my awesome sponsor Lowe's Home Improvement ! — Jimmie Johnson
In motorsports we work in the grey areas a lot. You're trying to find where the holes are in the rule book. — Danica Patrick
It takes more than driving to become an IndyCar driver. Gone are the days when drivers show up Friday morning and go home Sunday night. We're all integral to our partnerships, commercially, motorsports. We're as much champions in the boardroom as we are on the racetrack. — Charlie Kimball
I'm very proud to be the first winner of the Indian Grand Prix, but then on the other hand we recently lost two of our mates. I didn't know Dan Wheldon, but he was big in motorsport, and then this year I got to know Marco Simoncelli, so our thoughts are with them at the moment. — Sebastian Vettel
I think Formula E truly has the potential to become the future of motorsport. Formula One is the past. — Sam Bird
Le Mans takes the best out of everyone. Winning is important but it's not everything. It's such a big and great event in motorsport. You do more kilometres in that one race than Formula One do in a season, and probably a higher average speed. We average about 220km/h including pit stops and cover nearly 5000km. — Tom Kristensen
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