Evel Knievel Quotes

I love the feeling of the fresh air on my face and the wind blowing through my hair.

Bones heal, pain is temporary, and chicks dig scars

A man can fall many times in life, but he's never a failure until he refuses to get back up.

If you don't know about pain and trouble, you're in sad shape. They make you appreciate life.

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.

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.

If a guy hasn't got any gamble in him- he isn't worth a crap.

Anybody can jump a motorcycle. The trouble begins when you try to land it

When I hit that pavement at 70 or 80 mph those suits just ripped.

The finest compliment you can pay a man is that his word was as good as gold.

Harley-Davidson is the finest company in the world.

When you're mad at someone, it's probably best not to break his arm with a baseball bat.

Where there is little risk, there is little reward.

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.

I would always rather be in the arena fighting than be a spectator.

I decided to fly through the air and live in the sunlight and enjoy life as much as I could.

Risk is good. Not properly managing your risk is a dangerous leap.

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.

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.

If you fall during your life it doesn't matter because you're never a failure if you try to get up.

If it is possible, it is done. If it is impossible... it will be done.

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.

I don't have any problems in life, just situations.

I know guys in my hometown that drive by feel and sound.

I thought I was bulletproof or Superman there for a while. I thought I'd never run out of nerve. Never.

I did everything by the seat of my pants. That's why I got hurt so much.

The Harley's got a little too much torque when it comes to jumping.

You're never a failure until you fail to get up.

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.

I'm not a stunt man. I'm not a dare devil...I'm an explorer.

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.

I created Evel Knievel, and then he sort of got away from me.

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.'

I went through life big-bang-banda-boom-bada-boom.

I always knew how to draw a crowd.

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.

I think I coulda landed on a dime. I really do.

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.

But you come to a point in your life when you can't pull the trigger anymore.

I can say the Lord's prayer in 10 seconds.

I am a lucky, lucky person.

No prince, no king, no president has ever lived a better life than I have!

If you look at the Bible almost everything that was predicted, maybe everything, has come to pass.

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.

I know that I'm very lucky to be alive. For 35 or 40 years I've spilt my blood and broke my bones and spent years in hospitals.

I recently have had a full hip replacement and a liver transplant, and I'm getting used to the medication.

All my life people have been waiting around to watch me die.

My wife and I, we like to ride where there's not much traffic.

I always wanted to live to about 70. I thought that'd be a good age.

I've been in a treatment center for drinkin'. I stayed for two days, then escaped.