Evel Knievel Quotes
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This is a year and a few months after the transplant. Before I had it my doctors told me that it would be the biggest thing that I ever had to face and believe me, when they take your liver out of ya and put another one in it's like replacing a football in your stomach.
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People pay a million dollars to be recognized, but nobody cares about them. They cared about me because I did things other men were afraid to do. That's why my fans identified with me.
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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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I guess I thought I was Elvis Presley but I'll tell ya something. All Elvis did was stand on a stage and play a guitar. He never fell off on that pavement at no 80 mph.
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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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My wife and I, we like to ride where there's not much traffic.
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I'm not a stunt man. I'm not a dare devil...I'm an explorer.
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If you look at the Bible almost everything that was predicted, maybe everything, has come to pass.
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Harley-Davidson is the finest company in the world.
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In the old days they, the promoters, wanted more and more from me. They wanted me to jump or spill my blood and break my bones. Every time they wanted me to jump further, and further, and further. Hell, they thought my bike had wings.
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You're never a failure until you fail to get up.
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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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The finest compliment you can pay a man is that his word was as good as gold.
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I've been in a treatment center for drinkin'. I stayed for two days, then escaped.
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You come to a point in your life when you really don't care what people think about you, you just care what you think about yourself.
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I went through life big-bang-banda-boom-bada-boom.
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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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I guess I'm like any other concerned father, except that nobody else's son guns a cycle over 17 pickups without holding on to the handlebars.
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All my life people have been waiting around to watch me die.
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I don't have any problems in life, just situations.
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I really think we should pass a law in every state, I don't care whether it takes the independence away from an old person or not. You shouldn't be driving a car if you're over the age of 80. Maybe even less than that.
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I always wanted to live to about 70. I thought that'd be a good age.
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You'd think a guy who has broken 35 bones in his body would have a high pain threshold, but mine is pretty low. I got hit in the shin with a golf ball once and it almost brought tears to my eyes. I've had broken bones that didn't hurt as bad.
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I would always rather be in the arena fighting than be a spectator.