Racing Sayings and Quotes

Get your heart racing and step on the throttle. If you’ve got the need for speed, you’ll love the collection of insightful and humorous racing quotes below.

If you think the last 4 words of the national anthem are gentlemen, start your engines, you might be a redneck. Jeff Foxworthy
Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary, that's what gets you. Jeremy Clarkson
We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort. Jesse Owens
Why worry about death, it’ll come sooner or later. Jim Dunn
The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start. John Bingham
What distinguishes those of us at the starting line from those of us on the couch is that we learn through running to take what the days gives us, what our body will allow us, and what our will can tolerate. John Bingham
Everyone in life is looking for a certain rush. Racing is where I get mine. John Trautmann
Act like a horse. Be dumb. Just run. Jumbo Elliot
Moonshiners put more time, energy, thought, and love into their cars than any racer ever will. Lose on the track, and you go home. Lose with a load of whiskey, and you go to jail. Junior Johnson
Racing is the fun part; it's the reward of all the hard work. Kara Goucher
Running is in my blood—the adrenaline flows before the races, the love/hate of butterflies in your stomach. Marcus O'Sullivan
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough. Mario Andretti
It is amazing how may drivers, even at the Formula One Level, think that the brakes are for slowing the car down. Mario Andretti
Just being a mediocre driver has never been my ambition. That's not my style Michael Schumacher
Don't dream of winning, train for it! Mo Farah
And there's no damage to the car except of course to the car itself. Murray Walker
Only a few more laps to go and then the action will begin, unless this is the action, which it is. Murray Walker
If you’re in control, you’re not going fast enough. Parnelli Jones
Racing teaches us to challenge ourselves. It teaches us to push beyond where we thought we could go. It helps us to find out what we are made of. This is what we do. This is what it's all about. PattiSue Plumer
Once you’ve raced, you never forget it…and you never get over it. Richard Childress
If you feel bad at 10 miles, you're in trouble. If you feel bad at 20 miles, you're normal. If you don't feel bad at 26 miles, you're abnormal. Rob de Castella
If I had all the money I'd spent on cars ... I'd spend it all on cars. Scott Fisher
The nine inches right here; set it straight and you can beat anybody in the world. Sebastian Coe
A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected by in as many ways they're capable of understanding. Steve Prefontaine
I'm going to work so that it's a pure guts race at the end, and if it is, I am the only one who can win it. Steve Prefontaine
You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back. Steve Prefontaine
I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol. Steven Wright
Calling upon my years of experience, I froze at the controls. Stirling Moss
To achieve anything in this game you must be prepared to dabble in the boundary of disaster. Stirling Moss
Once you're beat mentally, you might was well not even go to the starting line. Todd Williams