Nobody within motorcycling has or deserves any respect.

Don't wait for your ship to come in, swim out and meet the bloody thing.

The advantage of the rain is that, if you have a quick bike, there's no advantage.

I vowed I would do everything I could to stop the Isle of Man counting towards the World Championship. And it was stopped, so they love me in the Isle of Man.

I thought: This is not racing, it's a suicide mission.

They were ridiculous times. After I won my World Championship in 1976, I went to Japan.

Endless motorbike talk can and does bore me.

I race in two or three classic races a year and I may carry on for 10 more years or I may stop tomorrow.

They loved the sound of their own voices. No decision would be reached anytime soon.

Through seeing the good in others, you also see the best within yourself.

I wish I knew how to quit you, political jokers

I grew up in Chicago, and there was always snow. In Los Angeles there never was, so we would always import snow!

We really damage our own confidence when we put ourselves down, so I try not to.

Most artists like to think of themselves as rugged individualists, as independent characters.

Being in the pulpit, was like being in the theatre; I was behind the scenes and knew how the illusion worked.

It takes courage to do what you want. Other people have a lot of plans for you... Follow your bliss.

You are the knower of knowledge; you perceive perceiving. Come to this place, and see if any questions remain there within you.

Always be civil to the girls, you never know who they may marry' is a aphorism which has saved many an English spinster from being treated like an Indian widow.