All Carroll Shelby Quotes
- It was fun to blow off a Porsche with a 3900 donkey [the 1965 Shelby GT350 Mustang]. Blow
- The reason I moved to California the first time was to build the Cobra. I thought it was stupid to have a 1918 taxicab engine… American
- My proudest moments are beating Ferrari for the World Championship in 1965, and working with Ford to win Le Mans in 1966 and 1967. Beating
- Any man that eats Chili and Cornbread can't be all bad All
- In 1964, when Lee Iacocca said, 'Shelby, I want you to make a sports car out of the Mustang,' the first thing I said was,… Ask
- Yesterday's History. Tomorrow's a Mystery. So live for today. History
- 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 truck,… Already Written
- Horsepower sells cars, torque wins races Car
- I love raising animals. I look at animals as more perfect human beings. I can relate to an animal. Animal
- I'm not going to take this defeatist attitude and listen to all this crap any more from all these people who have nothing except doomsday… All
- There is never enough horsepower......just not enough traction. Enough Horsepower
- If you don't go do what you wanna do, you're just bullshitting yourself. Bullshitting
- I don't think I'm a celebrity. I'm just a guy from east Texas who loves cars and airplanes. Airplane
- I don't design cars. I'm not a designer. I know what I desire to be built, I know what the end result is, the horsepower,… All
- The Cobra is my personal favorite car. The original 289 Cobra is the car I respect the most. I like to drive the 289 better… Better
- Driving race cars was an avenue for me to learn how to build my own car, and that was my ambition all along. All
- Every morning I wake up with new ideas. Every Morning
- I never made a damn dime until I started doing what I wanted. Damn
- What I wanted to do was build an automobile. Automobile
- Porsche and BMW drivers are arrogant. Arrogant
- I love horsepower. Horsepower
- Racing has reached the point where it is pricing the young driver, no matter his talent, out of the game. Driver
- The first time I walked by a crap table, I felt kind of funny. Crap