Evel Knievel Quotes

I fare the best when I'm in dangerous situations.

They call me Fearless Felix.

I'm retired from the daredevil business.

I'm not only the best-known daredevil on the face of the earth, I'm the oldest.

I love being in anything that's scary to people.

I'm riveted by extreme sports like big-wave surfing, 'megaramp' skateboarding and half-pipe snowboarding. I'm fascinated partly because the sports are so exhilaratingly acrobatic. But I'm also captivated by the fear that a terrible accident might happen at any moment. And accidents do happen.

One of the things that's interesting to me is I find things like caffeine and stunts actually relax me. When they're putting a bit of gel on my arm and lighting me on fire, or when I'm about to go into a high-speed car chase or rev a motorcycle up pretty fast, I find everything else around me slows down.

I've done plenty of daredeviling - from white-water rafting to bungee jumping. But I think the most fearless was hosting the Emmy Awards. It was overwhelming, and I definitely had to leave fear at the door.

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

I've been sky-diving three times. I would go right now if someone told me the plane was about to take off. I love it. I'm an adrenaline junkie. I don't want to go bungee-jumping.

People have always liked to be frightened. People love to feel that jolt of adrenaline. People love roller coasters. People love skydiving. These things that really get your heart pumping, and horror films are sort of a safe way to get that rush I guess.

Fear is exciting for me.

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

Stunts I love.

My life has been being a daredevil. I am Evel Knievel. I am a daredevil.

I love doing stunts. It's so much fun.

I don't see the risk, I enjoy performing stunts, and I don't get scared.

I do all my own stunts!

I jumped 18 cars on a motorcycle, so I did almost everything.

Death frames the high wire. But I don't see myself as taking risks. I do all of the preparations that a non-death seeker would do.

I was always the guy who jumped off the roof of the garage, who could climb up the facade of a building.

I always had this thirst for excitement.

I live to feel myself in danger.

I like the edge of danger.

I love action and I love doing my own stunts. I love that sort of thing.