Caroll Shelby Quotes

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

Car, Learn, Ambition

Every morning I wake up with new ideas.
Caroll Shelby

Morning, Ideas, Wake

I didn't have time for my children much. I wasn't a very good parent; I had a pretty unhappy home life.
Caroll Shelby

Life, Time, Good

I don't design cars. I'm not a designer. I know what I desire to be built, I know what the end result is, the horsepower, the competition we'll be working against - but I leave it to the people who work with me to put it all together. I don't do anything.
Caroll Shelby

Work, Design, End

I don't think I'm a celebrity. I'm just a guy from east Texas who loves cars and airplanes.
Caroll Shelby

Guy, Cars, Texas

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

Fun, Race, Cars

I love horsepower.
Caroll Shelby

I never had ambitions to see how rich I could get. I got a lot of contemporaries that that's their ambition, and I don't know very many of them that are happy.
Caroll Shelby

Happy, Rich, Ambition

I never made a damn dime until I started doing what I wanted.
Caroll Shelby

Made, Wanted, Until

I'm a terrible husband.
Caroll Shelby

Husband, Terrible

I've always been asked, 'What is my favorite car?' and I've always said 'The next one.'
Caroll Shelby

Car, Said, Next

I've got cattle on 4,000 acres about 100 miles east of Dallas, but I've also got another 65-acre ranch where I raise American miniature horses.
Caroll Shelby

Another, American, East

I've had a good run. I've built a lot of things that work and a lot of things that didn't work.
Caroll Shelby

Work, Good, Run

Porsche and BMW drivers are arrogant.
Caroll Shelby

Arrogant, Bmw, Drivers

Racing has reached the point where it is pricing the young driver, no matter his talent, out of the game.
Caroll Shelby

Game, Young, Matter

The first time I walked by a crap table, I felt kind of funny.
Caroll Shelby

Funny, Time, Felt

What I wanted to do was build an automobile.
Caroll Shelby

Wanted, Build, Automobile

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: January 11, 1923

Died: May 10, 2012

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