Evel Knievel Quotes - Page 2

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• You can't ask a guy like me why [I performed]. I really wanted to fly through the air. I was a daredevil, a performer. I loved the thrill, the money, the whole macho thing. All those things made me Evel Knievel. Sure, I was scared. You gotta be an ass not to be scared. But I beat the hell out of death.

  Evel Knievel

  Air, Guy, Thrill

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• You'd think a guy who has broken 35 bones in his body would have a high pain threshold, but mine is pretty low. I got hit in the shin with a golf ball once and it almost brought tears to my eyes. I've had broken bones that didn't hurt as bad.

  Evel Knievel

  Hurt, Pain, Eye

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• In the old days they, the promoters, wanted more and more from me. They wanted me to jump or spill my blood and break my bones. Every time they wanted me to jump further, and further, and further. Hell, they thought my bike had wings.

  Evel Knievel

  Blood, Wings, Bones

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• I did everything by the seat of my pants. That's why I got hurt so much.

  Evel Knievel

  Hurt, Pants, Seats

  Interview With Tony Marx, mnmotorcycle.com. June 6, 2001.

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• I thought I was bulletproof or Superman there for a while. I thought I'd never run out of nerve. Never.

  Evel Knievel

  Running, Nerves, Bulletproof

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• Harley-Davidson is the finest company in the world.

  Evel Knievel

  World, Finest, Harley

  Interview With Tony Marx, mnmotorcycle.com. June 6, 2001.

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• I went through life big-bang-banda-boom-bada-boom.

  Evel Knievel

  Bangs, Bigs

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• But you come to a point in your life when you can't pull the trigger anymore.

  Evel Knievel

  Triggers

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• She (my ex-wife) wanted me to stop being Evel Knievel. I am who I am. I'm not going to change. I'll settle down the day they put me in a six-foot pine box.

  Evel Knievel

  Retirement, Who I Am, Feet

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• I guess I'm like any other concerned father, except that nobody else's son guns a cycle over 17 pickups without holding on to the handlebars.

  Evel Knievel

  Father, Son, Gun

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• If you look at the Bible almost everything that was predicted, maybe everything, has come to pass.

  Evel Knievel

  Looks, Ifs

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• All my life people have been waiting around to watch me die.

  Evel Knievel

  Waiting Around, People, Watches

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• There are a lot of myths about my injuries. They say I have broken every bone in my body. Not true. But I have broken 35 bones. I had surgery 14 times to pin and plate. I shattered my pelvis. I forget all of the things that have broke.

  Evel Knievel

  Broken, Body, Bones

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• No prince, no king, no president has ever lived a better life than I have!

  Evel Knievel

  Kings, President, Moderation

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• When I hit that pavement at 70 or 80 mph those suits just ripped.

  Evel Knievel

  Mph, Pavement, Suits

  Interview With Tony Marx, mnmotorcycle.com. June 6, 2001.

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• I always knew how to draw a crowd.

  Evel Knievel

  Crowds, Draws

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• I created Evel Knievel, and then he sort of got away from me.

  Evel Knievel

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• People pay a million dollars to be recognized, but nobody cares about them. They cared about me because I did things other men were afraid to do. That's why my fans identified with me.

  Evel Knievel

  Men, People, Fans

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• I really think we should pass a law in every state, I don't care whether it takes the independence away from an old person or not. You shouldn't be driving a car if you're over the age of 80. Maybe even less than that.

  Evel Knievel

  Birthday, Thinking, Law

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• My wife and I, we like to ride where there's not much traffic.

  Evel Knievel

  Wife, Traffic, My Wife

  Interview With Tony Marx, mnmotorcycle.com. June 6, 2001.

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• Unless we do things in this country to slow down our population, slow down our birth control, provide better water for people, provide power for people, we're gonna find out that the next wars are not going to be fought over diamonds, gold and political things.

  Evel Knievel

  Country, War, People

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• My own judgment of how the world is gonna end is that there will be a country led by a madman that will build a nuclear bomb with so much force, so much power, that it will be dropped somewhere on the face of this earth and that the earth will lose its place.

  Evel Knievel

  Country, Nuclear, Bombs

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• If I'm out trailriding, I have a favorite motorcycle. Riding on the road, I've got a favorite. If I'm jumping, I have a favorite, and if I'm racing, I have a favorite.

  Evel Knievel

  Jumping, Racing, Motorcycle

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• I think through education, belief in God, and good engineering, our children become a lot better at what they're doing than we did, and that starts with the very first sign of life on the face of this earth.

  Evel Knievel

  Children, Thinking, Engineering

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• I know guys in my hometown that drive by feel and sound.

  Evel Knievel

  Guy, Sound, Hometown

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