Evel Knievel Quotes
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I've always lived by the creed that you're never a failure in life when you fall as long as you try and get 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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If a guy hasn't got any gamble in him- he isn't worth a crap.
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The Harley's got a little too much torque when it comes to jumping.
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Unless we do things in this country to slow down our population, slow down our birth control, provide better water for people, provide power for people, we're gonna find out that the next wars are not going to be fought over diamonds, gold and political things.
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My own judgment of how the world is gonna end is that there will be a country led by a madman that will build a nuclear bomb with so much force, so much power, that it will be dropped somewhere on the face of this earth and that the earth will lose its place.
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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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I decided to fly through the air and live in the sunlight and enjoy life as much as I could.
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I'm not a jack of all trades; I'm a master of many. I don't feel there is anything I can't do if I want to.
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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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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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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 think through education, belief in God, and good engineering, our children become a lot better at what they're doing than we did, and that starts with the very first sign of life on the face of this earth.
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She (my ex-wife) wanted me to stop being Evel Knievel. I am who I am. I'm not going to change. I'll settle down the day they put me in a six-foot pine box.
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Risk is good. Not properly managing your risk is a dangerous leap.
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You can't ask a guy like me why I performed. I really wanted to fly through the air. I was a daredevil, a performer. I loved the thrill, the money, the whole macho thing. All those things made me Evel Knievel. Sure, I was scared. You gotta be an ass not to be scared. But I beat the hell out of death.
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Kids come up to me all the time and say, 'Once I was going through a really bad time, and I saw you crash and get up, and it inspired me.'
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No prince, no king, no president has ever lived a better life than I have!
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When I hit that pavement at 70 or 80 mph those suits just ripped.
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I created Evel Knievel, and then he sort of got away from me.
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I think these shows with the young kids doing these jumps, doing these fantastic back flips, I think they're absolutely great. They did what I never did.
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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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I love the feeling of the fresh air on my face and the wind blowing through my hair.
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Anybody can jump a motorcycle. The trouble begins when you try to land it.