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When I hit that pavement at 70 or 80 mph those suits just ripped.
Evel Knievel
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Evel Knievel
Age: 69 †
Born: 1938
Born: October 17
Died: 2007
Died: November 30
Actor
Daredevil
Entertainer
Film Actor
Motorcycle Rider
Painter
Stunt Performer
Butte
Montana
Robert Craig Knievel
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I know that I'm very lucky to be alive. For 35 or 40 years I've spilt my blood and broke my bones and spent years in hospitals.
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You're never a failure until you fail to get up.
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Bones heal, pain is temporary, and chicks dig scars
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I'm not a stunt man. I'm not a dare devil...I'm an explorer.
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Riding a motorcycle on today's highways, you have to ride in a very defensive manner. You have to be a good rider and you have to have both hands and both feet on the controls at all times.
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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.
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I always wanted to live to about 70. I thought that'd be a good age.
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I did everything by the seat of my pants. That's why I got hurt so much.
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The finest compliment you can pay a man is that his word was as good as gold.
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If you fall during your life it doesn't matter because you're never a failure if you try to get up.
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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.
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If you don't know about pain and trouble, you're in sad shape. They make you appreciate life.
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All my life people have been waiting around to watch me die.
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But you come to a point in your life when you can't pull the trigger anymore.
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I recently have had a full hip replacement and a liver transplant, and I'm getting used to the medication.
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I think I coulda landed on a dime. I really do.
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I always knew how to draw a crowd.
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A man can fall many times in life, but he's never a failure until he refuses to get back up.
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I foresee the Chinese ruling the world. What are you going to do to stop it? No president of the United States will ever have enough power to stop the Chinese when they want to take over the world.
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