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title: "6 Cars Quotes By Carroll Shelby"
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> [The reason I moved to California the first time was to build the Cobra. I thought it was stupid to have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carroll-shelby/the-reason-i-moved-to-california-the-first-time-was-to-build-the/)

[Carroll Shelby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carroll-shelby/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/771/carroll-shelby-19505_american_the-reason-i-moved-to-california-the-fir_971135.jpg)

> [I don't think I'm a celebrity. I'm just a guy from east Texas who loves cars and airplanes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carroll-shelby/i-don-t-think-i-m-a-celebrity-i-m-just-a-guy-from-east-texas-who/)

[Carroll Shelby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carroll-shelby/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b9/carroll-shelby-19505_airplane_i-don-t-think-i-m-a-celebrity-i-m-just-a_1455338.jpg)

> [I had a lot of fun driving race cars, but it wasn't my No. 1 priority.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carroll-shelby/i-had-a-lot-of-fun-driving-race-cars-but-it-wasn-t-my-no-1-priority/)

[Carroll Shelby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carroll-shelby/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da2/carroll-shelby-19505_cars_i-had-a-lot-of-fun-driving-race-cars-but_1553435.jpg)

> [ It was fun to blow off a Porsche with a 3900 donkey \[the 1965 Shelby GT350 Mustang\]. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carroll-shelby/it-was-fun-to-blow-off-a-porsche-with-a-3900-donkey-the-1965-shelby/)

[Carroll Shelby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carroll-shelby/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a17/carroll-shelby-19505_blow_it-was-fun-to-blow-off-a-porsche-with-a_2391012.jpg)

> [I don't design cars. I'm not a designer. I know what I desire to be built, I know what the end result…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carroll-shelby/i-don-t-design-cars-i-m-not-a-designer-i-know-what-i-desire-to-be/)

[Carroll Shelby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carroll-shelby/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/920/carroll-shelby-19505_built_i-don-t-design-cars-i-m-not-a-designer-i_2720593.jpg)

> [The Cobra is my personal favorite car. The original 289 Cobra is the car I respect the most. I like to drive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carroll-shelby/the-cobra-is-my-personal-favorite-car-the-original-289-cobra-is-the/)

[Carroll Shelby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carroll-shelby/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/138/carroll-shelby-19505_better_the-cobra-is-my-personal-favorite-car-th_2977271.jpg)

## Other authors on Cars

## More by Carroll Shelby

> [Horsepower sells cars, torque wins races](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carroll-shelby/horsepower-sells-cars-torque-wins-races/)

[Carroll Shelby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carroll-shelby/)

> [I'm a terrible husband.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carroll-shelby/i-m-a-terrible-husband/)

[Carroll Shelby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carroll-shelby/)

> [I never had ambitions to see how rich I could get. I got a lot of contemporaries that that's their ambition, and I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carroll-shelby/i-never-had-ambitions-to-see-how-rich-i-could-get-i-got-a-lot-of/)

[Carroll Shelby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carroll-shelby/)

> [I never made a damn dime until I started doing what I wanted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carroll-shelby/i-never-made-a-damn-dime-until-i-started-doing-what-i-wanted/)

[Carroll Shelby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carroll-shelby/)

> [I've had a good run. I've built a lot of things that work and a lot of things that didn't work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carroll-shelby/i-ve-had-a-good-run-i-ve-built-a-lot-of-things-that-work-and-a-lot-of/)

[Carroll Shelby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carroll-shelby/)

> [The day you were born, it was already written down the day you're gonna check out. Now, I'm not gonna throw myself under a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carroll-shelby/the-day-you-were-born-it-was-already-written-down-the-day-you-re/)

[Carroll Shelby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carroll-shelby/)

> [I love raising animals. I look at animals as more perfect human beings. I can relate to an animal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carroll-shelby/i-love-raising-animals-i-look-at-animals-as-more-perfect-human-beings/)

[Carroll Shelby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carroll-shelby/)

> [The reason I moved to California the first time was to build the Cobra. I thought it was stupid to have a 1918 taxicab…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carroll-shelby/the-reason-i-moved-to-california-the-first-time-was-to-build-the/)

[Carroll Shelby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carroll-shelby/)

> [My proudest moments are beating Ferrari for the World Championship in 1965, and working with Ford to win Le Mans in 1966 and 1967.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carroll-shelby/my-proudest-moments-are-beating-ferrari-for-the-world-championship-in/)

[Carroll Shelby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carroll-shelby/)

> [Thank god there's no 48-hour race anywhere in the world, because chances are nobody could beat Porsche in a 48 hour race. They're probably…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carroll-shelby/thank-god-there-s-no-48-hour-race-anywhere-in-the-world-because/)

[Carroll Shelby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carroll-shelby/)

> [What I wanted to do was build an automobile.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carroll-shelby/what-i-wanted-to-do-was-build-an-automobile/)

[Carroll Shelby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carroll-shelby/)

> [The first time I walked by a crap table, I felt kind of funny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carroll-shelby/the-first-time-i-walked-by-a-crap-table-i-felt-kind-of-funny/)

[Carroll Shelby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carroll-shelby/)

> [I love horsepower.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carroll-shelby/i-love-horsepower/)

[Carroll Shelby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carroll-shelby/)

> [Every morning I wake up with new ideas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carroll-shelby/every-morning-i-wake-up-with-new-ideas/)

[Carroll Shelby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carroll-shelby/)

> [In 1964, when Lee Iacocca said, 'Shelby, I want you to make a sports car out of the Mustang,' the first thing I said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carroll-shelby/in-1964-when-lee-iacocca-said-shelby-i-want-you-to-make-a-sports-car/)

[Carroll Shelby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carroll-shelby/)

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