Evel Knievel Quotes
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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.
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I think through education, belief in God, and good engineering, our children become a lot better at what they're doing than we did, and that starts with the very first sign of life on the face of this earth.
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If a guy hasn't got any gamble in him- he isn't worth a crap.
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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.
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This is a year and a few months after the transplant. Before I had it my doctors told me that it would be the biggest thing that I ever had to face and believe me, when they take your liver out of ya and put another one in it's like replacing a football in your stomach.
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If you fall during your life it doesn't matter because you're never a failure if you try to get up.
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I recently have had a full hip replacement and a liver transplant, and I'm getting used to the medication.
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I really think we should pass a law in every state, I don't care whether it takes the independence away from an old person or not. You shouldn't be driving a car if you're over the age of 80. Maybe even less than that.
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Bones heal, pain is temporary, and chicks dig scars
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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.
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I think I coulda landed on a dime. I really do.
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I'm not a stunt man. I'm not a dare devil...I'm an explorer.
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I know guys in my hometown that drive by feel and sound.
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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.'
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I did everything by the seat of my pants. That's why I got hurt so much.
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A man can fall many times in life, but he's never a failure until he refuses to get back up.
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I don't have any problems in life, just situations.
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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.
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You're never a failure until you fail to get up.
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There are a lot of myths about my injuries. They say I have broken every bone in my body. Not true. But I have broken 35 bones. I had surgery 14 times to pin and plate. I shattered my pelvis. I forget all of the things that have broke.
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I can say the Lord's prayer in 10 seconds.
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But you come to a point in your life when you can't pull the trigger anymore.
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You can't ask a guy like me why [I performed]. I really wanted to fly through the air. I was a daredevil, a performer. I loved the thrill, the money, the whole macho thing. All those things made me Evel Knievel. Sure, I was scared. You gotta be an ass not to be scared. But I beat the hell out of death.
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No prince, no king, no president has ever lived a better life than I have!
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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.
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I am a lucky, lucky person.
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If it is possible, it is done. If it is impossible... it will be done.
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The Harley's got a little too much torque when it comes to jumping.
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I would always rather be in the arena fighting than be a spectator.
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I love the feeling of the fresh air on my face and the wind blowing through my hair.
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