When you're mad at someone, it's probably best not to break his arm with a baseball bat.

The finest compliment you can pay a man is that his word was as good as gold.

Bones heal, pain is temporary, and chicks dig scars

I foresee the Chinese ruling the world. What are you going to do to stop it? No president of the United States will ever have enough power to stop the Chinese when they want to take over the world.

Kids come up to me all the time and say, 'Once I was going through a really bad time, and I saw you crash and get up, and it inspired me.'

You can't ask a guy like me why [I performed]. I really wanted to fly through the air. I was a daredevil, a performer. I loved the thrill, the money, the whole macho thing. All those things made me Evel Knievel. Sure, I was scared. You gotta be an ass not to be scared. But I beat the hell out of death.

I'm not a stunt man. I'm not a dare devil...I'm an explorer.