64 Quotes by Richard Petty

Now they’re getting so politically correct you can’t even stick your tongue out at somebody.

Like everyone else, I don’t want it to get too far away from the racing because as time progresses, we’re trying to get new fans and still keep the old fans and we’ve still got to have the racing.

The good Lord doesn’t tell you what His plan is, so all you can do is get up in the morning and see what happens next.

I didn’t miss out on a family life because of racing. I had one because of it.

Racing has become more show time; we’ve got to have something new to create interest in the sport.

I’d rather be called King than other things I’ve been called.

If guys don’t respect themselves, they don’t respect other people. That’s times and personalities. And all of them are not that way. But it don’t take but one or two to screw up the whole crowd.

I quit driving, I’m not retired.

You can only live on the past for so long, and we kind of stretched our luck on that. We think we’re on the way back, but it’s just a matter of how quickly things come together. Common sense tells you it’s not going to happen overnight because we’re trying to catch up.