Evel Knievel Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“I can't keep track of my hospital time. It all sort of blurs together.”

“I have my tombstone already. A tombstone company in the East gave it to me when I jumped Snake Canyon. My plot is in Montana.”

“I learned one thing from jumping motorcycles that was of great value on the golf course, the putting green especially: Whatever you do, don't come up short.”

“A motorcycle coming down from 30 feet at 70 mph gives you a terrible jolt.”

“You know, I had a couple hundred jumps in my career, and I made most of them, but the ones they show over and over are the ones when I crashed.”

“In the old days they, the promoters, wanted more and more from me. They wanted me to jump or spill my blood and break my bones. Every time they wanted me to jump further, and further, and further. Hell, they thought my bike had wings.”

“I'm better than P. T. Barnum and Colonel Parker put together.”

“My life has been being a daredevil. I am Evel Knievel. I am a daredevil.”

“When you're mad at someone, it's probably best not to break his arm with a baseball bat.”

“You'd think a guy who has broken 35 bones in his body would have a high pain threshold, but mine is pretty low. I got hit in the shin with a golf ball once, and it almost brought tears to my eyes. I've had broken bones that didn't hurt as bad.”