L.A. Weatherly Quotes

I lived in small town out in the desert and my friend used to steal his mom's car in the middle of the night. He'd drive over to my house, I'd sneak out and we'd go out to the desert and just burn things down.

I would have probably stolen cars - it would have given me the same adrenaline rush as racing.

At least 50 times. I've jumped off a building, jumped off a cliff in a car. I've been in bedrooms when women came in with knives and guns.

I always knew about the risks I was taking. Every year, someone you knew was killed racing. You had to ask yourself, do you enjoy driving these cars so much that you're prepared to take that risk?

I have talked to stunt drivers all my life, 32 years of talking to stunt drivers. There's a craziness to them.

I can do most anything and not have a problem with it. The only time I have negative attention is when I run naked through the streets brandishing a handgun.

I'm not going to jump out of airplanes or anything like someone else I know.

My first walk illegally at 20 years old was between the towers of Notre Dame.

I've tried everything other than jumping out of a plane, but nothing gives you an adrenaline rush like racing a car.

My friends and I were wild and we liked to joy-ride.

I like to be wild, and I like to do wild, crazy things. I need excitement. At all times. Normal is not my type.

I like to get myself in over my head.

When I was 18, I was halfway up the Eiffel Tower with my friend, Tom, when we decided to stick our heads through the railings. The gap between the railings was exactly the right size to be able to put your head through and nearly get stuck. Which is exactly what happened.

I'm an adrenaline junkie. I love climbing crazy trees or cliffs, which doesn't make my mom very happy.

I've always been addicted to adrenaline.

I was always an adrenaline junkie, always competitive, always a speed freak.

We'd be doing parkour on my high school roof; we'd get in trouble. But I was never a reckless kid.

I like to fly close to the edge. I like to play with fire.

I was always pushing the limits, going as far as I could. I would do all kinds of crazy things.

This is a crazy sport.

I like the danger, I like the adrenaline and I need it to race.

I like the challenge of doing things you know that you maybe shouldn't do.

People want somebody to be a daredevil, even if they're not going to be a daredevil themselves.

I spent most of the eighties, most of my life, riding around in somebody else's car, in possession of, or ingested of, something illegal, on my way from something illegal to something illegal with many illegal things happening all around me

I don't think we'll get caught, but the very possibility is half the fun.