Dick Strawbridge Quotes

Driving race cars was an avenue for me to learn how to build my own car, and that was my ambition all along.

My goal in the beginning was to build a lifestyle brand around what I love to do, which is motorcycles and cars. That was our main goal from the very beginning.

I've been in motorsport my whole life since I was eight years of age.

With Harley, you build it, then you've got to take it apart.

'Fast & Furious' is a well-oiled machine. Those guys really know what they're doing. The guys that work behind the scenes are just as important as the ones in front of the cameras. They are car enthusiasts. They live and breathe this world.

Being able to swing in and host the 'Today' show when they call me, it certainly is a new experience that I have a lot of fun with, and it's different than being in the middle of the ring in 'Monday Night Raw.'

I've always had a fascination with cars and racing, not that I've ever competed.

My uncle is a mechanic, and I wish I had paid more attention, but I never did.

My dad is into cars.

Ever since I was younger, I was fascinated by cars and driving. The first time I actually drove a car, I was twelve years old.

I developed a passion for cars when I was a kid. I found a tyre on the street, and I figured that I could roll it successfully. That made me love wheels.

My passion outside of music is that I am a total gear head. My wife and I own six vehicles, three of which are off-road.

The best car I ever had was a Mazda 626. I paid $72 for it. The guy told me if I towed it off his property I could do whatever I wanted to it. So I paid to have it towed to my house and me and my step-dad fixed it up and drove it until I totalled it.

I can learn very much from Ferrari because they have so much experience, and I will want to work with them to achieve the maximum I can.

I'd love to host a reality show now and not be a contestant in it. I want to take a show forward.

I think I could be good on TV.

I bought a white Panamera - and then sold it because I had no use for it.

I don't think it's necessary to do stand-up to be a presenter, but I like it, because it keeps me sharp, especially when something like 'Take Me Out' is 80% is ad-libbed, so that works for me.

Obviously I rely on my driving.

There are a lot of good cars, good teams and good drivers.

Certainly, I want to be the first through the sound barrier in a car.

In karting, you turn up and drive, look at the data and go home. But I like doing more, learning about the engines and how to make them go even better.

I've always had good connections with cars and always knew how to fix them, so I didn't have trouble with breakdowns.

Formula 1 is such a big jump from Formula 2, and there are so many new things that you need to learn.

We've worked on hundreds of cars and there's always something different so it's hard to get bored of individual vehicles.