--- title: "4 Racing Rain Quotes By Garth Stein" description: "4 Racing Rain quotes by Garth Stein. Plus more from Garth Stein and more Racing Rain sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c4/garth-stein-1965_anticipation_i-know-this-much-about-racing-in-the-rai_455900.png" --- > [I know this much about racing in the rain. I know it is about balance. It is about anticipation and patience... \[it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/i-know-this-much-about-racing-in-the-rain-i-know-it-is-about-balance/) [Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c4/garth-stein-1965_anticipation_i-know-this-much-about-racing-in-the-rai_455900.png) > [“Art of Racing in the Rain--Do not mistake confidence and self-awareness for egotism.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/art-of-racing-in-the-rain-do-not-mistake-confidence-and-self/) [Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a9/garth-stein-1965_art_art-of-racing-in-the-rain-do-not-mistake_2577668.png) > [I think the one that's going to be the hardest to make into a film is the one that's probably going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/i-think-the-one-that-s-going-to-be-the-hardest-to-make-into-a-film-is/) [Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b3/garth-stein-1965_art_i-think-the-one-that-s-going-to-be-the-h_2800815.jpg) > [“I know this much about racing in the rain. I know it is about balance. It is about anticipation and patience. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/i-know-this-much-about-racing-in-the-rain-i-know-it-is-about-balance-2/) [Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96f/garth-stein-1965_patience_i-know-this-much-about-racing-in-the-rai_3181534.png) ## More by Garth Stein > [What I want now is what I've always wanted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/what-i-want-now-is-what-i-ve-always-wanted/) [Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/) > [“Man's closest relative is not the chimpanzee, as the TV people believe, but is, in fact, the dog. "Enzo" I admire the female sex.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/man-s-closest-relative-is-not-the-chimpanzee-as-the-tv-people-believe/) [Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/) > [“There is no dishonor in losing the race, Don said. There is only dishonor in not racing because you are afraid to lose. ~p 227”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/there-is-no-dishonor-in-losing-the-race-don-said-there-is-only/) [Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/) > [It’s so hard to communicate because there are so many moving parts. There’s presentation and there’s interpretation and they’re so dependent on each other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/it-s-so-hard-to-communicate-because-there-are-so-many-moving-parts/) [Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/) > [“This is what I love to do: I love to run through a field of wet grass that has not been mowed recently, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/this-is-what-i-love-to-do-i-love-to-run-through-a-field-of-wet-grass/) [Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/) > [There is no dishonor in losing the race. There is only dishonor in not racing because you are afraid to lose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/there-is-no-dishonor-in-losing-the-race-there-is-only-dishonor-in-not/) [Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/) > [In racing, they say that your car goes where your eyes go. The driver who cannot tear his eyes away from the wall as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/in-racing-they-say-that-your-car-goes-where-your-eyes-go-the-driver/) [Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/) > [When I return to the world, I will be a man. I will walk among you. I will lick my lips with my small,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/when-i-return-to-the-world-i-will-be-a-man-i-will-walk-among-you-i/) [Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/) > [My soul has learned what it came to learn, and all the other things are just things. We can't have everything we want. Sometimes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/my-soul-has-learned-what-it-came-to-learn-and-all-the-other-things/) [Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/) > [I hear hundreds of years of life. I hear wind and rain and fire and beetles. I hear the seasons changing and birds and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/i-hear-hundreds-of-years-of-life-i-hear-wind-and-rain-and-fire-and/) [Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/) > [“What I have always liked best is when he talks about having no memory. No memory of things he'd done just a second before.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/what-i-have-always-liked-best-is-when-he-talks-about-having-no-memory/) [Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/) > [“Know who is driving next to you. Any problems that may occur have ultimately been caused by you, because you are responsible for where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/know-who-is-driving-next-to-you-any-problems-that-may-occur-have/) [Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/) > [“Pretend you are a dog like me and listen to other people rather than steal their stories.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/pretend-you-are-a-dog-like-me-and-listen-to-other-people-rather-than/) [Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/) > [That which we manifest is before us; we are the creators of our own destiny. Be it through intention or ignorance, our successes and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/that-which-we-manifest-is-before-us-we-are-the-creators-of-our-own/) [Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/) > [The race is long. It is better to drive within oneself and finish the race behind the other than it is to drive too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/the-race-is-long-it-is-better-to-drive-within-oneself-and-finish-the/) [Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/racing-rain/garth-stein/#itemlist", "name": "4 Racing Rain Quotes By Garth Stein", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I know this much about racing in the rain. I know it is about balance. It is about anticipation and patience... [it is also] about the mind! It is about owning one's body... It is about believing that you are not you; you are everything. 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