X

Sort by

Quote length

Sentiment

Change font

Change background

Race Car Driver Inspirational Quotes (511)

Page 3 of 22
Filter & Style
Image
The helmet has a special meaning for many drivers. How important is it to you? - It protects my head.
Kimi Raikkonen
Image
My son is racing his first 24-hour this year with Porsche.
Bobby Rahal
Image
In the end I didn't get a top car any more. I had no toughness left. That was the reality.
Jacky Ickx
Image
There are going to be little victories that we claim, even if it's finishing 15th and putting the car back in hauler without a scratch on it.
Kurt Busch
Image
I told my nephew that if he wanted to get on in motor racing, the first thing he should do was master English. Thank goodness he now speaks it.
Juan Manuel Fangio
Image
I like the mentality of the Americans. It's like when you talk about money.
Alain Prost
Image
The smallest amount of vanity is fatal in aeroplane fighting. Selfdistrust rather is the quality to which many a pilot owes his protracted existence.
Eddie Rickenbacker
Image
Everything was fine until I left and then I ran out of talent!
Don Garlits
Image
I feel 100% a Yamaha rider in my heart. I had a long career and raced with several factory bikes, but the highlight of my career is undoubtedly with Yamaha.
Valentino Rossi
Image
We kept on racing, doing something that Luis [Salom] loved. Fortunately or unfortunately, life goes on.
Valentino Rossi
Image
It doesn't matter how much money you've got, or how many connections, there's always something you want that's out of reach.
Jenson Button
Image
If I run I lose so much weight, which I need because you're limited on weight when you are a tall driver. And have you seen marathon runners? They're quite skinny.
Jenson Button
Image
The better I shoot, the less I have to maneuver.
Eddie Rickenbacker
Image
I'm not a robot I have a personality and I have emotions. I have a humorous side to me and an angry side to me.
Jeff Gordon
Image
I did it for a living, made a career out of it, but now I've turned it into somewhat of a hobby.
Dick Trickle
Image
We're having a good time. That's what I did last year. If you can't have a good time, you might as well stay home. I feel real good.
Sterling Marlin
Image
The makeup of the drivers has changed a lot with so many young drivers coming and a lot of the legends moving on. Compared to when I started, it's gone through a lot of changes. The cars have changed a lot and the approach to racing. There are a lot more employees. It's become a much bigger business and more corporate.
Matt Kenseth
Image
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
Image
I'm on probation, so I can't even pick my nose the right way.
Kurt Busch
Image
Everybody is different. You're always going to have disagreements with other drivers, unless you're not competitive and you never run good. I deal with everybody differently. Most guys, I have a lot of respect for and I'd like to keep it that way. So I try to communicate with them and find some common ground.
Matt Kenseth
Image
If you don't have faith, you have nothing.
Joe Nemechek
Image
I don't feel I'm a step above anyone on this team. I'm just another link in the chain.
Jeff Gordon
Image
I have won on Honda and Yamaha so maybe it is interesting to win with a third team, Ducati, who are Italian.
Valentino Rossi
Image
I consider myself one of a very small handful of drivers in the world that are top drivers. The best one? I don't think anybody can say they're the best one because, from one week to the next, you can be on form or off form a little bit.
Nigel Mansell
Previous
Next