Kyle Petty Quotes

• Why did I take up racing? I was too lazy to work and too chicken to steal

  Kyle Petty

  Lazy, Racing, Nascar

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• It doesn't matter what you do, if you love what you do, then you don't sweat the little things. You just don't pay attention to them. Then when the big things come along, they're never as big as what they seem to somebody who doesn't have a passion for it and doesn't really love it.

  Kyle Petty

  Passion, Sweat, Attention

  "A CSJ Conversation with Kyle Petty". Interview with Chad Bonham, christiansportsjournal.com. January 16, 2017.

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• Speed is relative. Does it feel fast going 70 miles per hour down an eight lane highway? No, probably not, but I bet it does if you are going down some single lane dirt road. It's the same in a race car. It depends on the track.

  Kyle Petty

  Eight, Race, Track

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• You had life by the tail and didn't know it.

  Kyle Petty

  Tails, Knows

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• We lost one child and we gained ten thousand children.

  Kyle Petty

  Children, Lost Ones, Thousand

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• The truth is, the longer it goes, the harder it gets.

  Kyle Petty

  Truth Is, Harder

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• Faith is believing that there's somebody there to make you stronger. There's somebody there that won't leave you alone; God's always standing by you. That's what that is.

  Kyle Petty

  Believe, Stronger, Makes You Stronger

  "A conversation with NASCAR analyst and former driver Kyle Petty (Part 2)". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com. August 2011.

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• I think faith is the one common denominator between everything that goes on at the race track - a faith in Christ.

  Kyle Petty

  Thinking, Race, Track

  "A conversation with NASCAR analyst and former driver Kyle Petty (Part 2)". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com. August 2011.

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• I just loved the driving part. If I didn't race anybody, it didn't make any difference as long as I could drive. It's just the physical part of getting in the car and being able to go run fast and being able to drive.

  Kyle Petty

  Running, Race, Differences

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• I don't think political correctness doesn't make any difference. Once that's in your DNA, you don't pass an ordinance or pass a law or all of the sudden change your DNA.

  Kyle Petty

  Thinking, Dna, Law

  "A conversation with NASCAR analyst and former driver Kyle Petty (Part 2)". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com. August 2011.

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• That's what faith is - that belief that there's somebody there that's going to help you and push you and be that person that is there for you when you're in your deepest, darkest moment.

  Kyle Petty

  Helping, Belief, Moments

  "A conversation with NASCAR analyst and former driver Kyle Petty (Part 2)". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com. August 2011.

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• The only part I miss about driving is driving. That's it. I don't miss all the other stuff that goes along with it, all the other PR stuff. Anybody, when they quit driving, they miss the driving part.

  Kyle Petty

  Missing, Stuff, Driving

  "A CSJ Conversation with Kyle Petty". Interview with Chad Bonham, christiansportsjournal.com. January 16, 2017.

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• Family is the most important thing. Family starts with your wife and your kids.

  Kyle Petty

  Kids, Wife, Important

  "A conversation with NASCAR analyst and former driver Kyle Petty (Part 2)". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com. August 2011.

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• Jack Roush is the only guy that could keep Matt Kenseth from winning races.

  Kyle Petty

  Winning, Race, Guy

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• You know, when Arnold Palmer came on TV with an old tractor and told me to buy Pennzoil, I bought that, and when Dale Jarrett advertises UPS, I can go along with that, too. But I don't think having an 18-year-old, somebody who's probably gotten five packages in his life and they were all 'Girls Gone Wild' videos, tell me what delivery service I should use would have much effect on me.

  Kyle Petty

  Girl, Thinking, Years

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• When someone's got your rear tires off the ground, you don't have much traction.

  Kyle Petty

  Tire, Traction

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