Racing Quotes - Page 8

The thing I love about off-road racing is the pride in how abusive it is.

In England the more horses a nobleman has, the more popular he is. So long as the English are devoted to racing, Socialism has no chance with you.

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

Cruelty is the luxury of those who have nothing to do, like drugs or racing stables.

If I was racing in 2015, no, I wouldn't do it again because I don't think you have to. If you take me back to 1995, when doping was completely pervasive, I would probably do it again.

One skill that separates good from almost-good runners is an ability to concentrate for an entire race, whether it is a mile or a marathon.

Auto racing is boring except when a car is going at least 172 miles per hour upside down.

That strategy of racing for the top five and racing for the win is where everybody wants to be.

Worry is like racing the engine of an automobile without letting in the clutch.

Owning a racehorse is probably the most expensive way of getting on to a racecourse for nothing.

Nothing good has ever been written about the full rotation of a racecar about its roll axis.

Any horse can win on any given day.

Gentlemen, start your engines!

Ayrton Senna was an extraordinary racing driver. His skills, craft, subtlety and courage were of such magnitude that he dwarfed his generation of drivers.

And Damon Hill is following Damon Hill.

Speaking from memory, I don't know how many points Nelson Piquet has.

And there's no damage to the car. Except to the car itself.

I didn't have statistics in my mind when I was racing. It was always a consequence - a nice consequence. I enjoyed it, but it wasn't the reason I was racing.

Before I was an actor I was an apprentice jockey, and now I'm out there racing against boys, sort of the spokesperson for people over 50 that they can do it.

Racing has reached the point where it is pricing the young driver, no matter his talent, out of the game.

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

Everywhere bees go racing with the hours, / For every bee becomes a drunken lover, / Standing upon his head to sup the flowers.

When all the false self-identifications are thrown away, what remains is all-embracing love.

When speed gets in the blood, one must drive to live.

I will continue to get behind the wheel of a racing car as long as I am able. But that could all end tomorrow.