“There is no such thing as too much horsepower, just not enough traction.”
“Yesterday’s history, tomorrow’s a mystery. So live for today.”
“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, but I’m not gonna worry about when I die. I’m ready to move on when that day comes.”
“I never made a dime until I started doing what I wanted.”
“I never had ambitions to see how rich I could get. I got a lot of contemporaries that that’s their ambition and I don’t know very many of them that are happy.”
“I’ve had a good run. I’ve built a lot of things that work and a lot of things that didn’t work.”
Carroll Shelby 1923 – 2012