142 Quotes by Evel Knievel

I thought I was bulletproof or Superman there for a while. I thought I’d never run out of nerve. Never.

The Harley’s got a little too much torque when it comes to jumping.

When you do what I do for a living you have to have a positive mental attitude; when that positive mental attitude isn’t enough to get you across that jump you have to be man enough to deal with the circumstances. In my case, I’m man enough.

I’ve always lived by the creed that you’re never a failure in life when you fall as long as you try and get up.

Marty Stanovich was an honorable man.

I always wanted to live to about 70. I thought that'd be a good age.

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.