My failures had a lot to do with my fame. I created Evel Knievel, and then he sort of got away from… — Evel Knievel Copy Share Image
There's just no stopping me. I went through life big-bang-banda-boom-bada-boom. — Evel Knievel Copy Share Image
I want to be the first. If they'd let me go to the moon, I'd crawl all the way to Cape Kennedy… — Evel Knievel Copy Share Image
Prison was tough on me. I saw people in prison that made me ashamed I was a human being. Some make Qaddafi… — Evel Knievel Copy Share Image
I have my tombstone already. A tombstone company in the East gave it to me when I jumped Snake Canyon. My plot… — Evel Knievel Copy Share Image
My grandpa got me a set of Wilson clubs, Sam Snead models, when I was 12. Many years later, when I'd become… — Evel Knievel Copy Share Image
Those extreme-sports kids today are good, but they have it easy. Try falling off of a motorcycle going 70 or 80 miles… — Evel Knievel Copy Share Image
I don't know what in the world happened. I don't know if it was the power of the prayer or God himself,… — Evel Knievel Copy Share Image
It's easy to be famous today. People pay a million dollars to be recognized, but nobody cares about them. They cared about… — Evel Knievel Copy Share Image
I think if you have ability and talent in one way, you have it in all ways. I'm not a jack of all trades;… — Evel Knievel Copy Share
I don't know what in the world happened. I don't know if it was the power of the prayer or God himself, but it… — Evel Knievel Copy Share
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… — Evel Knievel Copy Share
I recently have had a full hip replacement and a liver transplant, and I'm getting used to the medication. — Evel Knievel Copy Share
If you don't know about pain and trouble, you're in sad shape. They make you appreciate life. — Evel Knievel Copy Share
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… — Evel Knievel Copy Share
“When you do what I do for a living you have to have a positive mental attitude; when that positive mental attitude isn't enough… — Evel Knievel Copy Share
You can't say you're going to jump the Grand Canyon and then jump some other canyon. — Evel Knievel Copy Share
Nothing's worse than a guy who loses fair and square and then whines about it. — Evel Knievel Copy Share
