Eugene Cernan Quotes

I don't race cars.

I'd be a race car driver. I love fast cars.

I had a '56 Ford, and my first car was a '49 Chevy. I converted it to a stick and used to race with the other high school kids down along the river.

My friend is a former race car driver, so he races for Mercedes, and I root for him. I have a car that I love to race, I'll take it to the track.

But I could also start F1 or rallying. I love rallying much more.

But my passion is racing cars. It's what I like to do in my off time.

He is accelerating all the time. That last lap was run in 64 seconds and the one before in 62.

I am the fastest woman on four wheels.

To the general public, it's the nature of the sport that it's a car-dominant sport.

I'm not a girl racer, I save my speed for the race track.

Generally, when I have a faster car, I just drive around the lapped cars that I'm lapping.

Ever since I've jumped in a Legends or Dwarf car, I've always tried to win. I've been able to win in every race car I've ever driven.

I had a lot of fun driving race cars, but it wasn't my No. 1 priority.

I am in love with cars; I love anything that moves.

There are no drivers like Formula One drivers. They are engineers, in a way. They are driving manual cars one-handed at 200 miles per hour around streets in Monaco. These cars use the ultimate in technology.

As a driver, you want to race every lap possible, especially when you've got a good car.

To be honest, once you've driven around for about five, 10 laps, you don't notice a difference.

I always loved cars. I used to play 'Need for Speed' all the time... any racing game.

I went to watch my father at Silverstone in the early 1950s, and I've still got the car he was in.

Racing amuses me.

I love to get behind the wheel and get competitive.

I've always been attracted to cars, and driving is a completely measurable experience: if you qualify last on the grid, you're the slowest, and if you qualify first on the grid, you're the fastest. So no one can say you're slow if you're fast and no one can say you're fast if you're slow.

I think my strengths are definitely - I'm a really good glider. I'm one of the fastest, like on a straight drag race, I can pretty much kill that.

I'm a typical guy. Driving cars and speed are really fun.

I love horsepower.