I am a lucky, lucky person.
My own judgment of how the world is gonna end is that there will be a country led by a madman that will build a nuclear bomb with so much force, so much power, that it will be dropped somewhere on the face of this earth and that the earth will lose its place.
Titanic Thompson and Amarillo Slim would have run from a game with Marty Stanovich. Marty could really play, and he didn't cheat.
Marty Stanovich was an honorable man.
People pay a million dollars to be recognized, but nobody cares about them. They cared about me because I did things other men were afraid to do. That's why my fans identified with me.
It's easy to be famous today. People pay a million dollars to be recognized, but nobody cares about them. They cared about me because I did things other men were afraid to do. That's why my fans identified with me. They were mostly working-class.
A motorcycle coming down from 30 feet at 70 mph gives you a terrible jolt.
Anybody can jump a motorcycle. The trouble begins when you try to land it.
The saddest thing is when a guy is paying so much attention to the world and everything going by that he can't take the time for his own mother.
Sometimes I keep a car for only a week or two. I like the newest and the flashiest.
I really think we should pass a law in every state, I don't care whether it takes the independence away from an old person or not. You shouldn't be driving a car if you're over the age of 80. Maybe even less than that.
You are the master of your own ship, pal. There are lots of people who fall into troubled waters and don't have the guts or the knowledge or the ability to make it to shore. They have nobody to blame but themselves.
When I hit that pavement at 70 or 80 mph those suits just ripped.
I play golf five days a week. I find that if I play seven days a week, I get stale.
I wish there was such a thing as reincarnation.
I've always been concerned about kids - not just my own three, but all kids - what kind of an image I'm providing for them, what kind of inspiration. I don't know now. Maybe I'm leading them down the path to self-destruction.
There's just no stopping me. I went through life big-bang-banda-boom-bada-boom.
I think if you have ability and talent in one way, you have it in all ways. I'm not a jack of all trades; I'm a master of many. I don't feel there is anything I can't do if I want to.
My wife and I, we like to ride where there's not much traffic.
But you come to a point in your life when you can't pull the trigger anymore.