Racing Quotes
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Motor racing can never be totally safe and it never should be in my opinion.
Murray Walker -
I've tried everything other than jumping out of a plane, but nothing gives you an adrenaline rush like racing a car.
Nigel Mansell
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It's lap 26 of 58, which unless I'm very much mistaken is half way.
Murray Walker -
Andrea De Cesaris is the man who has won more Grands Prix than anybody else in the history of Grand Prix racing without actually winning one of them.
Murray Walker -
The fears of recession in the aftermath of Black Monday have turned to fears of the economy racing ahead too fast, with inflation edging up and a substantial current account deficit... People understandably feel more confident about their future than they've done for decades, but as a result they have been borrowing more and saving less... Coming on top of a massive income investment boom, it's all been just a bit too much of a good thing.
Nigel Lawson -
When you're racing, it's life. Anything that happens before or after is just waiting.
Steve McQueen -
Motor racing is 99 per cent downs and one per cent ups. It's a huge challenge, as there are so many things that can go wrong.
Nigel Mansell -
I like racing but food and pictures are more thrilling. I can't give them up. In racing you can be certain, to the last thousandth of a second, that someone is the best, but with a film or a recipe, there is no way of knowing how all the ingredients will work out in the end. The best can turn out to be awful and the worst can be fantastic. Cooking is like performing and performing like cooking.
Paul Newman
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The slow boat-I know it's the slow boat because I've been watching them for thirty-three weeks-won the first piece by a full length. Then the fast boat won the second piece. And so it went for the next four pieces, back and forth. Conclusion: I hate seat racing.
Brad Alan Lewis -
I always like racing in Japan and I'm looking forward to (today's) race.
Helio Castroneves -
And there's no damage to the car. Except to the car itself.
Murray Walker -
Racing serves as a formal demonstration of your ability to ride the three-headed monster. The first monster is your physical preparation-lifting weights for strength, running for endurance, working on your technique. The second monster is your mental preparation-all our jabbering about humility, battling for your life, taking complete responsibility for the outcome. The last monster is your X Factor, your soul, your courage. Taken altogether, I call this three-headed monster the Process of Winning.
Brad Alan Lewis -
There is no doubt about precisely when folks began racing each other in automobiles. It was the day they built the second automobile.
Richard Petty -
And that just shows you how important the car is in Formula One Racing.
Murray Walker
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I will continue to get behind the wheel of a racing car as long as I am able. But that could all end tomorrow.
Paul Newman -
Omg. My long time teammate on the Nadadores and team USA, Fran Crippen, passed away today while racing in Dubai.
Chloe Sutton -
This would have been Senna's third win a row if he'd won the two before
Murray Walker -
And the first five places are filled by five different cars.
Murray Walker -
Ukyo Katayama is undoubtedly the best Formula One driver that Grand Prix racing has ever produced
Murray Walker -
With two laps to go then the action will begin, unless this is the action, which it is.
Murray Walker
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IF is a very long word in Formula One; in fact, IF is F1 spelled backwards.
Murray Walker -
That's the first time he had started from the front row in a Grand Prix, having done so in Canada earlier this year.
Murray Walker -
Pain? Yes, of course. Racing without pain is not racing. But the pleasure of being ahead outweighed the pain a million times over. To hell with the pain. What's six minutes of pain compared to the pain they're going to feel for the next six months or six decades. You never forget your wins and losses in this sport. YOU NEVER FORGET.
Brad Alan Lewis -
The gap between the two cars is 0.9 of a second, which is less than one second
Murray Walker