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More books, more racing and more foolishness with cars and motorcycles are in the works.
Author:
Brock Yates
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If you spend all of your time racing ahead to the future, you're liable to discover you've left a great present behind.
Author:
Tom Wilson
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I don't sleep much. I'm on the go. My mind is racing. My wife says my mind is like the rolling dials on a slot machine. So, yeah, I think about everything.
Author:
Bill Walton
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You might not think that's cricket, and it's not, it's motor racing.
Author:
Murray Walker
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Anything happens in Grand Prix racing, and it usually does.
Author:
Murray Walker
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And that just shows you how important the car is in Formula One Racing.
Author:
Murray Walker
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If someone said to me that you can have three wishes, my first would have been to get into racing, my second to be in Formula 1, my third to drive for Ferrari.
Author:
Gilles Villeneuve
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I will drive flat out all the time. I love racing.
Author:
Gilles Villeneuve
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Racing is in my blood, I can't quite get out of it yet.
Author:
Dick Trickle
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In closing I wish to say that while I was sorely beset by a number of white riders in my racing days, I have also enjoyed the friendship of countless thousands of white men whom I class as among my closest friends.
Author:
Major Taylor
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I know that a good many champions have entertained the thought that the more they discourage youngsters, the longer they would reign. However, this theory never impressed me, and I always made it a point to give youths the benefit of my experience in bicycle racing.
Author:
Major Taylor
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A racing tipster who only reached Hitler's level of accuracy would not do well for his clients.
Author:
A. Taylor
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I've been around racing a fairly long time, but when it comes to the important issues, I'm happy to let others make the big decisions.
Author:
Mats Sundin
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But to personally satisfy my own adrenalin needs, I've been racing cars a little bit, which has been fun.
Author:
Picabo Street
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From today I am no longer a racing driver. I'm retired and I am very happy.
Author:
Jackie Stewart
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We were racing at circuits where there were no crash barriers in front of the pits, and fuel was lying about in churns in the pit lane. A car could easily crash into the pits at any time. It was ridiculous.
Author:
Jackie Stewart
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We have had more sales for this year's grand prix than any other, and we have been helped in that by the fact that Jenson had 10 podiums last season and looks like a winner. It is good for British motor racing if he is there and doing well.
Author:
Jackie Stewart
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The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.
Author:
John Steinbeck
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If NASCAR racing gets any more exciting, I may not be able to stand it.
Author:
Roger Staubach
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In racing, we have a better chance of it happening quicker because we have attracted good people to come to work for us. It's the beginning of a great adventure, and we're looking forward to it.
Author:
Roger Staubach
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Experience has taught me how important it is to just keep going, focusing on running fast and relaxed. Eventually it passes and the flow returns. It's part of racing.
Author:
Frank Shorter
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Again, racing for me was about energy management.
Author:
Frank Shorter
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The potential elite runner must realize that hard means hard, easy means easy and they must patiently seek out what combinations work for them. They have to learn to be persistent and patient with their training and racing.
Author:
Frank Shorter
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I thought: This is not racing, it's a suicide mission.
Author:
Barry Sheene
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When you are fitted in a racing car and you race to win, second or third place is not enough.
Author:
Ayrton Senna
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We have the best driver in the world in drifting and best guy in rally racing and stuff like that. So obviously there's a lot of stuff that I didn't do, but there's a lot of really incredible things that I don't think we've ever seen an actor do.
Author:
Sean Scott
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It's kind of ironic that the two sports with the greatest characters, boxing and horse racing, have both been on the decline. In both cases it's for the lack of a suitable hero.
Author:
Dick Schaap
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You can easily die racing to cover a bank robbery as you can in a war zone.
Author:
Jessica Savitch
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The way money goes so fast these days, they should paint racing stripes on it.
Author:
Mark Russell
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Also, when I started racing he knew a lot of people and it was more easy for me to find the first bike, so I have a good chance for sure.
Author:
Valentino Rossi
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I would have probably stolen cars - it would have given me the same adrenaline rush as racing.
Author:
Valentino Rossi
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A difference of opinion is what makes horse racing and missionaries.
Author:
Will Rogers
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Going to car racing school was phenomenal.
Author:
Michelle Rodriguez
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My biggest weakness as a endurance athlete has been in not drinking enough water after training, thereby racing sometimes while dehydrated.
Author:
Bill Rodgers
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My whole feeling in terms of racing is that you have to be very bold. You sometimes have to be aggressive and gamble.
Author:
Bill Rodgers
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Do you have any ambitions outside racing? My main ambition at the moment, whether inside or outside racing, is to become Formula 1 World Champion.
Author:
Kimi Raikkonen
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My son is racing his first 24-hour this year with Porsche.
Author:
Bobby Rahal
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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.
Author:
Bobby Rahal
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I guess it is the sense of personal satisfaction that racing gives you that I am probably going to miss, because in racing you get that feedback very quickly.
Author:
Bobby Rahal
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After hurting myself like that, I could not go back immediately to racing. I was in no condition, mentally or physically. That helped me to strengthen myself to go through the hard times that were ahead with my business, and to be successful.
Author:
Nelson Piquet
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It's all about racing on the track.
Author:
Adam Petty
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But so far, you know who's been violating the nuclear nonproliferation pact day and night? Those who signed it. Iran, Iraq, Libya and Iran violates it while calling for Israel's destruction and racing to develop atomic weapons to that end.
Author:
Benjamin Netanyahu
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I think computing power is ready to do 3D justice. It was great for shooters and racing games in the past, but I didn't think it was right for strategy games.
Author:
Sid Meier
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I guess everybody saw it. It's a deal where I'd been racing cars a long time and I knew going around the track the fender was on the tire hard.
Author:
Sterling Marlin
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Alan Ginsberg was fabulous. The man is so filled with energy. He's 65 years old and he's just loaded with energy and charm and wit and his mind is constantly racing.
Author:
Ray Manzarek
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Fitness will be a major factor in the first race and I think that will play into the hands of drivers who have been racing recently, rather than people like me who haven't raced properly for a decade. I'am not one of the favourites to start with.
Author:
Nigel Mansell
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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.
Author:
Nigel Mansell
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Racing a thoroughbred grand prix car in front of a home crowd will be a surreal and mighty experience.
Author:
Nigel Mansell
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Ski racing, especially downhill, is a dangerous activity and there are many accidents. It would be really too bad to lose everything because of a crash.
Author:
Hermann Maier
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My attitude on skis is different now. I have learned to put less pressure on myself and on the edges of my skis when I'm racing, to be keep myself more under control.
Author:
Hermann Maier
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As the time goes by, you change, your learn new things, your attitude is different. For the moment, I'm still enjoying ski racing so much that it would be difficult for me to think about ending my career.
Author:
Hermann Maier
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I was this guy who'd been racing around down there, on that field in 1999, running straight over people, scoring tries, winning games, having fun. And I ended up so sick I couldn't even run past a little baby.
Author:
Jonah Lomu
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You don't suffer, kill yourself and take the risks I take just for money. I love bike racing.
Author:
Greg LeMond
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Perhaps the single most important element in mastering the techniques and tactics of racing is experience. But once you have the fundamentals, acquiring the experience is a matter of time.
Author:
Greg LeMond
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I know I'll never feel that sensation of racing and winning again and that took a while to get used to. The Tour was a race I never thought I could lose.
Author:
Greg LeMond
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There are so many people who have died of cycling, and that didn't happen when I was racing.
Author:
Greg LeMond
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I found my interest lapse in both acting and racing.
Author:
Lillie Langtry
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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.
Author:
Evel Knievel
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Horse racing is animated roulette.
Author:
Roger Kahn
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Regardless, we are a two career household, and it's Dario's season, and I'm really excited about going racing.
Author:
Ashley Judd
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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.
Author:
Davy Jones
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I think the best way is to forget about racing people and just find territory that's fresh.
Author:
Tom Jenkinson
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I drove long distances like the 24 hours of Le Mans for years. But even this racing is now over. I retired.
Author:
Jacky Ickx
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Books on horse racing subjects have never done well, and I am told that publishers had come to think of them as the literary version of box office poison.
Author:
Laura Hillenbrand
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Winter testing is essential but there comes a point where you have had enough of all the rehearsals and the pretend racing. You just want to get down to the real action.
Author:
Damon Hill
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A lesser but still fundamental rule of racing is that you properly enter the event. Anyone who doesn't but still insists on running interferes with the paying customers.
Author:
Joe Henderson
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Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come.
Author:
Matt Groening
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Racing Stripes was so much fun to do. It's one of the funniest movies I've seen in a couple years.
Author:
Bruce Greenwood
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But I plan on dedicating specific training to track this winter for the next racing season.
Author:
Mark-Paul Gosselaar
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But my passion is racing cars. It's what I like to do in my off time.
Author:
Mark-Paul Gosselaar
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I think racing and riding are two different elements of cycling. You either want to or not depending on what you want to get out of it.
Author:
Mark-Paul Gosselaar
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Road racing at the moment because it's still so new to me. I like the fact that they are longer and teamwork is important. I guess the same is true for track, it's just that I have used track this year as a training device to improve my sprinting in road racing.
Author:
Mark-Paul Gosselaar
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As an individual, not as the boss of a company, I am very interested in motor racing.
Author:
Carlos Ghosn
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I'm lucky. The best possible place in the world for training is Addis Ababa, so I am home all the time except when I am racing. I like to be there, near my family, my kids, also the real estate business I run with my wife.
Author:
Haile Gebrselassie
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I am very happy because motor racing is very important outside the states, very big all over the world.
Author:
Emerson Fittipaldi
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A racing driver has to be a good driver.
Author:
Emerson Fittipaldi
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Gary Smith, when I came to America, taught me a great deal about racing.
Author:
Emerson Fittipaldi
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Indy car racing is much more aggressive.
Author:
Emerson Fittipaldi
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I have to accept risk as a racing driver.
Author:
Emerson Fittipaldi
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The racing driver's mind has to have the ability to have amazing anticipation, coordination, and reflex. Because of the speed the car goes.
Author:
Emerson Fittipaldi
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The driver of a racing car is a component. When I first began, I used to grip the steering wheel firmly, and I changed gear so hard that I damaged my hand.
Author:
Juan Fangio
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I learned to approach racing like a game of billiards. If you bash the ball too hard, you get nowhere. As you handle the cue properly, you drive with more finesse.
Author:
Juan Fangio
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No, we always had something to do because I did all the wave runners and jet skis and boats approaching the atolls and stuff like that, so you could do that without showing the actual atoll or the set that you're going towards, but detailing all those guys racing towards it.
Author:
David Ellis
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That strategy of racing for the top five and racing for the win is where everybody wants to be.
Author:
Dale Earnhardt
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When he was young, I told Dale Jr. that hunting and racing are a lot alike. Holding that steering wheel and holding that rifle both mean you better be responsible.
Author:
Dale Earnhardt
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I want to be up front racing.
Author:
Dale Earnhardt
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Finishing races is important, but racing is more important.
Author:
Dale Earnhardt
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I enjoy Saturday night racing.
Author:
Dale Earnhardt
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But since we've been fighting for first or second place, it's grabbed the media's attention. I enjoy racing them. They are a good team and when you beat them it's something to be proud of.
Author:
Larry Dixon
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I know it can be dangerous, but I love racing. I worry my wife, but she knows it's important to me.
Author:
Patrick Dempsey
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The only sport I'm not interested in is horse racing. That's because I don't know the horses personally.
Author:
Nat Cole
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I once bought an old car back after I sold it because I missed it so much and I had forgotten that it never ran. It was a British racing car. You know, because I just wanted it back. I could only remember what was good about it.
Author:
Connie Chung
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Just about any story we think about doing, whether we've read it in a newspaper, heard it on the radio or come upon it through word of mouth - by the time you get there, every other network, cable station and talk show is already racing to the scene.
Author:
Connie Chung
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Auto racing is boring except when a car is going at least 172 miles per hour upside down.
Author:
Dave Barry
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My introduction to track racing was through the background of cross country running, which is not a sport perhaps as popular in America as it is in England.
Author:
Roger Bannister
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Scare answers to scare, and force begets force, until at length it comes to be seen that we are racing one against another after a phantom security which continually vanishes as we approach.
Author:
Henry Bannerman
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If CART continues on, it's just going to drag all of open-wheel racing down.
Author:
Michael Andretti
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CART is one of the safest racing series in the world.
Author:
Michael Andretti
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There are three easy ways of losing money - racing is the quickest, women the most pleasant, and farming the most certain.
Author:
Lord Amherst
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I'm not sure they understand everything about racing cars. I am not sure that this is wise.
Author:
Jean Alesi
