Racing Quotes

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.

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.

Ever since I was a little kid, when I was racing motocross and stuff, it's been a dream to ride for Red Bull someday.

The European drivers have adapted to this circuit extremely quickly, especially Paul Radisich who's a New Zealander.

Nobody remembers the guy who finished second but the guy who finished second.

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

Racing has reached the point where it is pricing the young driver, no matter his talent, out of the game.

Guys, you can date whomever you want, but marry a girl who can back up a trailer.

If at first you don't succeed, then drag racing isn't for you.

I was just racing day by day. With Niki [Lauda], every race was to be on the top. He programmed his life to be champion. I enjoyed life. That was the maximum for me.

I will continue to get behind the wheel of a racing car as long as I am able. But that could all end tomorrow.

Sitting beside the pool is fine for two weeks, but after that I think it'd be quite hard to live with - so I need to keep racing.

I want to be up front racing.

Everywhere bees go racing with the hours, / For every bee becomes a drunken lover, / Standing upon his head to sup the flowers.

Second place is the first loser.

In England the more horses a nobleman has, the more popular he is. So long as the English are devoted to racing, Socialism has no chance with you.

I just always dreamed of racing cars, but I didn't think I could do it as a living.

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.

Ayrton Senna was an extraordinary racing driver. His skills, craft, subtlety and courage were of such magnitude that he dwarfed his generation of drivers.

The best way to make a small fortune in racing is to start with a big one.

I ski to win. When the day comes that I can't get myself into a fighting mood anymore, I won't be able to win and I'll stop racing.

To let the brain work without sufficient material is like racing an engine. It racks itself to pieces.

And that just shows you how important the car is in Formula One Racing.

That's the first time he had started from the front row in a Grand Prix, having done so in Canada earlier this year.

Regardless, we are a two career household, and it's Dario's season, and I'm really excited about going racing.

Motor racing's less of a sport these days than a commercial break doing 150 mph.

Thoroughbred racing is really my true passion. I'm living my dream.

From today I am no longer a racing driver. I'm retired and I am very happy.

Also, when I started racing he knew a lot of people and it was more easy for me to find the first bike, so I have a good chance for sure.

What can we do to create shared prosperity? The answer is not to try to slow down technology. Instead of racing against the machine, we need to learn to race with the machine.

This is a rule of racing: No race has ever been won in the first corner; many have been lost there.

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

My career in racing started at a very young age in California.

I'm full of restlessness. Not lonely, exactly - my head is racing with ideas. But it is that old treacherous feeling that real life is happening somewhere else, and I'm left out.

Sailing heart-ships through broken harbors out on the waves of the night, still the searcher must ride the dark horse racing alone in his fright.

I started racing myself and once you get bitten by that bug you really are hooked.

As you can see, visually, with your eyes.

It's lap 26 of 58, which unless I'm very much mistaken is half way.

Driving is something really special for me. Even women doesn't excite me as much as racing cars! I guess I'm just becoming old.

It's been a few days since I've seen my kids. My hearts racing; I can't wait to hold them. This is just a glimpse into God's heart at Mass.

Indy car racing is much more aggressive.

In the rest of the world though, particularly in Europe, the most popular form of racing is not stock cars. It's not NASCAR. It doesn't look anything like NASCAR. It's Formula 1.

In the old days drivers were fat and tires were skinny.

Like everyone else, I don't want it to get too far away from the racing because as time progresses, we're trying to get new fans and still keep the old fans and we've still got to have the racing.

I didn't get into racing to make friends.

Racing is a calling, a passion.

Let's stop the startwatch.

I bought my first horse when I was 15. I always loved racing and I started studying about breeding and I've been doing it now for 30 years, so I have some credibility.

I just bought a Lambourghini, I'm not even into racing with a windshield full of tickets cause I live right by the station.

How smartly September comes in, like a racing gig, all style, no confusion.