Carroll Shelby Quotes

There is never enough horsepower......just not enough traction.

Porsche and BMW drivers are arrogant.

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

Horsepower sells cars, torque wins races

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

What I wanted to do was build an automobile.

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

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

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

It's a massive motor in a tiny, lightweight car.

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

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.