Quotes by Carroll Shelby

“I am very pleased that the way the Cobra turned out and how well it was received by everyone, especially enthusiasts and the media.”

“Its a massive motor in a tiny, lightweight car.”

“King of the Road.”

“Ive worked with the SVT guys for several years now, and I know they have the guts, the talent and the passion to deliver the best performance Mustangs ever,”

Im not going to take this defeatist attitude and listen to all this crap any more from all these people who have nothing except doomsday to predict.

The Cobra is my personal favorite car. The original 289 Cobra is the car I respect the most. I like to drive the 289 better than the 427.

In 1964, when Lee Iacocca said, Shelby, I want you to make a sports car out of the Mustang, the first thing I said was, Lee, you cant make a race horse out of a mule. I dont want to do it. He said, I didnt ask you to make it; you work for me.

Ive always been asked, What is my favorite car? and Ive always said The next one.

Its a massive motor in a tiny, lightweight car.

The reason I moved to California the first time was to build the Cobra. I thought it was stupid to have a 1918 taxicab engine in what Europeans like to call a performance car when a little American V-8 could do the job better.

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

I dont think Im a celebrity. Im just a guy from east Texas who loves cars and airplanes.

I had a lot of fun driving race cars, but it wasnt my No. 1 priority.

I didnt have time for my children much. I wasnt a very good parent I had a pretty unhappy home life.