Carroll Shelby

Quotes by Carroll Shelby

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Racing driver and automotive designer · American · 1923–2012

American racing driver and automotive designer (1923–2012)

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“It's a massive motor in a tiny, lightweight car.”

“I had a lot of fun driving race cars, but it wasn't my No. 1 priority.”

“I've always been asked, 'What is my favorite car?' and I've always said 'The next one.'”

“I don't think I'm a celebrity. I'm just a guy from east Texas who loves cars and airplanes.”

“I didn't have time for my children much. I wasn't a very good parent I had a pretty unhappy home life. ”

“Driving race cars was an avenue for me to learn how to build my own car, and that was my ambition all along.”

Common Themes

Car Favorite Time Work Horse Said Always Job American Ambition Me Learn Texas Think Celebrity Fun Driving Race Motor Massive Lightweight Life Children People Listen Predict Better

“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, 'Lee, you can't make a race horse out of a mule. I don't want to do it.' He...”
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Work Car Horse

“I've always been asked, 'What is my favorite car?' and I've always said 'The next one.'”
— Carroll Shelby
Favorite Said Always

“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 in what Europeans like to call a performance car when a little American...”
— Carroll Shelby
Time Job American

“Driving race cars was an avenue for me to learn how to build my own car, and that was my ambition all along.”
— Carroll Shelby
Ambition Me Learn

“I don't think I'm a celebrity. I'm just a guy from east Texas who loves cars and airplanes.”
— Carroll Shelby
Texas Think Celebrity

“I had a lot of fun driving race cars, but it wasn't my No. 1 priority.”
— Carroll Shelby
Fun Driving Race

“It's a massive motor in a tiny, lightweight car.”
— Carroll Shelby
Motor Massive Lightweight

“I didn't have time for my children much. I wasn't a very good parent I had a pretty unhappy home life. ”
— Carroll Shelby
Life Time Children

“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 to predict.”
— Carroll Shelby
People Listen Predict

“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 than the 427.”
— Carroll Shelby
Car Better Favorite