Carroll Shelby quotes

Porsche and BMW drivers are arrogant. (Carroll Shelby)
Horsepower sells cars, torque wins races. View quote
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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. View quote
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I don't think I'm a celebrity. I'm just a guy from east Texas who loves cars and airplanes. View quote
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I never made a damn dime until I started doing what I wanted. View quote
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My proudest moments are beating Ferrari for the World Championship in 1965, and working with Ford to win Le Mans in 1966 and 1967. View quote
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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 said, 'I didn't ask you to make it; you work for me.' View quote
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Driving race cars was an avenue for me to learn how to build my own car, and that was my ambition all along. View quote
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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, the competition we'll be working against - but I leave it to the people who work with me to put it all together. I don't do anything. View quote
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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 V-8 could do the job better. View quote
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What I wanted to do was build an automobile. (Carroll Shelby)
Racing has reached the point where it is pricing the young driver, no matter his talent, out of the game. View quote
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I've always been asked, 'What is my favorite car?' and I've always said 'The next one.' View quote
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It's a massive motor in a tiny, lightweight car. View quote
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