Race Quotes · Page 68

“In America, your ancestors don't matter so much. You're just you .”

— Lensey Namioka

My brothers and I were raised by our parents to respect everyone regardless of background or race.

— Alan Wilson

Running alone is the toughest. You get to the point where you have to keep pushing yourself.

— Walter Payton

Here is the start, there is the finish line. Between that, you have to run.

— Jeff Galloway

A runner must run with dreams in his heart, not money in his pocket.

— Emil Zatopek

A race between Perry and Christie would test whether Americans would rather be executed or eaten.

— Andy Borowitz

The history of race relations in America is very different than something like the Holocaust.

— Jamaica Kincaid

The winner ain't the one with the fastest car. It's the one who refuses to lose.

— Dale Earnhardt, Jr

“He had no racial feeling—not because he was superior to his brother civilians, but because he had matured in a different atmosphere,…

— E.M. Forster

What is it really going to amount to if I go out there and run against Usain when he is not at…

— Justin Gatlin

Nobody loves finishing second, as we've seen in past races. It's a sport that you want to get everything you can out…

— Bubba Wallace

It is impossible that there should be inhabitants on the opposite side of the Earth, since no such race is recorded by…

— Saint Augustine

The race for Quality has no finish line - so technically, it's more like a death march. Efficiency is doing things right;…

— Peter Drucker

I used to joke for years that I was a black man. I adopted the black culture, the black race. I married…

— Tommy Chong

My fans freak out and think I'm never going to race again. And I don't want them to do that because I…

— Mark Martin

I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot. Men are not superior by reason of accidents of…

— Anonymous

...So, take what's inside you and make big, bold choices. And for those who can't speak for themselves, use bold voices. And…

— Jamie Lee Curtis

Here ends the story of a ship, but there will always be other ships, for we are an island race. Through all…

— Noel Coward

Those who would administer [charity] wisely must, indeed, be wise, for one of the serious obstacles to the improvement of our race…

— Andrew Carnegie

That the win came only days after the Ryder Cup announcement was not a coincidence. Being a captain's pick is a huge…

— Stewart Cink

The human race is guided by its own ideas, and only by its ideas. If thought were left perfectly free from ban…

— Ellen Battelle Dietrick

For me, Barack Obama's election was a milestone of the most extraordinary kind. On the day he was elected I felt such…

— Jesse Jackson

“The runner knows something the rest of us are busy forgetting: to get stronger, you have to go on until you are…

— Jason Dias

We need to put pressure on Trump, to speak out very forcefully that he's the president of all Americans including Muslims, and…

— Van Jones

It requires philosophy and heroism to rise above the opinion of the wise men of all nations and races.

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

I ran five miles today. Then, finally, I said, 'Here, lady...take your purse.'

— Emo Philips

When you're riding, only the race in which you're riding is important.

— Bill Shoemaker

I eat whatever the guy who beat me in the last race ate.

— Alex Ratelle

Any racer who has made it to the top of wherever they are, it's really hard because the sport defines you.

— Travis Pastrana

I think Trixie and I get the least amount of hate out of all the 'Drag Race' alumni.

— Katya Zamolodchikova

Despite a good season and 22 points, I'll not drive any more for Toro Rosso in 2015.

— Jean-Eric Vergne

There is no salvation for civilization, or even the human race, other than the creation of a world government.

— Albert Einstein

In any racing engine, the nearer you are to it disintegrating, the better it's performance will be

— Keith Duckworth

F2's much harder physically on the arms and almost on the whole body than F1 is.

— Lando Norris

You know, the Monaco Grand Prix is the grandfather of all street races.

— Albert II, Prince of Monaco

Eric Holder sees everything through the prism of race. He keeps that mustache because shaving cream is white.

— Greg Gutfeld

Finishing races is important, but racing is more important.

— Dale Earnhardt

Since I became a favorite in every race, it's just another burden that I have to bear.

— Blanka Vlasic

I always thought, from day one, that winning races was just doing your job.

— Ron Dennis

As a race car driver, driving is the easy part. The hard part is containing the emotions on the race track.

— Kevin Harvick