Racing Quotes - Page 5

• 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

  Car, Littles, Way

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• When you shift the gear and that little needle on the tach goes into the red and reads 9,000 rpm, that's bad.

  Robert Duvall

  Gears, Littles, Red

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• I've tried everything other than jumping out of a plane, but nothing gives you an adrenaline rush like racing a car.

  Nigel Mansell

  Athlete, Jumping, Giving

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• It is amazing how many drivers, even at the Formula One Level, think that the brakes are for slowing the car down.

  Mario Andretti

  Motivational, Thinking, Nascar Racing

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

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• When you're in the back of the pack, you can gamble a little bit more.

  Michael Andretti

  Motivational, Littles, Gamer

  "CHAMPCAR/CART: Michael Andretti Interview". Motorsport.com Interview, www.motorsport.com. May 17, 2000.

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• In racing, I wanted to be a winner and to be a winner, you have to be willing to roll the dice.

  Bobby Rahal

  Sports, Dice, Winner

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• The winner ain't the one with the fastest car. It's the one who refuses to lose.

  Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

  Motivational, Sports, Motor Racing

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• It's basically the same, just darker.

  Alan Kulwicki

  Nascar Racing, Afl, Rugby

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

  Brad Keselowski

  Goal, Drivers

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• IF is a very long word in Formula One; in fact, IF is F1 spelled backwards.

  Murray Walker

  Long, Facts, Formula 1

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• When I race my mind is full of doubts - who will finish second, who will finish third?

  Noureddine Morceli

  Motivational, Faith, Sports

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• Marathoning is a metaphor for life, so there are a lot of parallels you can draw. I tell people to follow your dream, follow your heart, follow your passion, run your own race and believe in yourself. I think anybody who wants to succeed has to have passion. My love for this sport, you can't instill it in someone else.

  Joan Benoit

  Love, Life, Motivational

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• A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments.

  Mario Andretti

  Animal, Car, Thousand

  "Formula 1's U.S. Fan Base 'Understated,' Andretti Says". Interview with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. November 19, 2012.

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• A fantastic analogy for the power of focus is racing cars. When your car begins to skid, the natural reflex is to look at the wall in an attempt to avoid it. But if you keep focusing on what you fear, that's exactly where you'll end up. Professional racers know that we unconsciously steer in the direction of our focus, so with their lives on the line, they turn their focus away from the wall and towards the open track.

  Tony Robbins

  Wall, Track, Car

  FaceBook post by Tony Robbins from Mar 23, 2015

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• We broke something, I think it was traction.

  Carl Edwards

  Thinking, Car, Broke

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• In racing, the fastest person wins. It is very simple.

  Paul Newman

  Winning, Simple, Persons

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• There are those who keep out of mischief, and there are the adventurers, ‘ he said. “We racing drivers are adventurers; the more difficult something is, the greater the attraction that comes from it.

  Juan Manuel Fangio

  Said, Difficult, Mischief

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• My horse's jockey was hitting the horse. The horse turns around and says "Why are you hitting me, there is nobody behind us!"

  Henny Youngman

  Funny, Horse, Humor

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• Winning is everything. The only ones who remember you when you come second are your wife and your dog.

  Damon Hill

  Inspirational, Motivational, Dog

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• 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

  Home, Nascar Racing, Jail

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• Aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines.

  Enzo Ferrari

  Motor Racing, Aerodynamics, Car

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

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• It wasn't until I went to college and I got my first motorcycle that I understood the thrill of speed.

  Vin Diesel

  College, Motorcycle, Bikers

  "Vin Diesel: I Want To Be A Good Dad". Interview, parade.com. August 25, 2008.

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• I never had any financial support or sponsors, and so I always had to, at every level, prove myself the hard way. I was five years in Japan before I got my debut at Le Mans. And I think this is a humble way to get through as a racing driver.

  Tom Kristensen

  Humble, Thinking, Japan

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

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• Newman's first law: It is useless to put on your brakes when you're upside down.

  Paul Newman

  Law, Useless, Firsts

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

  Bobby Unser

  Nascar Racing, Guy, Remember

  Bobby Unser (2004). “Winners are Driven: A Champion's Guide to Success in Business and Life”, p.5, John Wiley & Sons

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