Carroll Shelby Quotes: top 30 famous quotes about Carroll Shelby

Carroll Shelby Quotes & Sayings

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Anger is uneasiness or discomposure of the mind upon the receipt of any injury, with a present purpose of revenge — John Locke

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

Because a man can write great works he is none the less a man. — W. Somerset Maugham

Every morning I wake up with new ideas. — Carroll Shelby

I love horsepower. — Carroll Shelby

What I wanted to do was build an automobile. — Carroll Shelby

I'm not going to take this defeatist attitude and listen to all this crap any more from all these people who have nothing except doomsday to predict. — Carroll Shelby

I had a lot of fun driving race cars, but it wasn't my No. 1 priority. — Carroll Shelby

I'm not all that enthralled by show business, and I'm not that much of a highbrow. — Dick Cavett

Horsepower sells cars, torque wins races — Carroll Shelby

I never made a damn dime until I started doing what I wanted. — Carroll Shelby

I'm a terrible husband. — Carroll Shelby

I didn't have time for my children much. I wasn't a very good parent; I had a pretty unhappy home life. — Carroll Shelby

Porsche and BMW drivers are arrogant. — Carroll Shelby

I was planning on my future as a homeless person. I had a really good spot picked out. — Larry David

It was fun to blow off a Porsche with a 3900 donkey [the 1965 Shelby GT350 Mustang]. — Carroll Shelby

I love raising animals. I look at animals as more perfect human beings. I can relate to an animal. — Carroll Shelby

I don't think I'm a celebrity. I'm just a guy from east Texas who loves cars and airplanes. — Carroll Shelby

I've got cattle on 4,000 acres about 100 miles east of Dallas, but I've also got another 65-acre ranch where I raise American miniature horses. — Carroll Shelby

If you don't go do what you wanna do, you're just bullshitting yourself. — Carroll Shelby

The first time I walked by a crap table, I felt kind of funny. — Carroll Shelby

There is never enough horsepower ... just not enough traction. — Carroll Shelby

Any man that eats Chili and Cornbread can't be all bad — Carroll Shelby

I've had a good run. I've built a lot of things that work and a lot of things that didn't work. — Carroll Shelby

I've always been asked, 'What is my favorite car?' and I've always said 'The next one.' — Carroll Shelby

Driving race cars was an avenue for me to learn how to build my own car, and that was my ambition all along. — Carroll Shelby

My proudest moments are beating Ferrari for the World Championship in 1965, and working with Ford to win Le Mans in 1966 and 1967. — Carroll Shelby

A man of but mediocre talent who is furiously driven by deep desire will get somewhere. He who doesn't desire deeply isn't hurt much by failure. — Harvey Dunn

The Cobra is my personal favorite car. The original 289 Cobra is the car I respect the most. I like to drive the 289 better than the 427. — Carroll Shelby

Yesterday's History. Tomorrow's a Mystery. So live for today. — Carroll Shelby