Riding a motorcycle on today's highways, you have to ride in a very defensive manner. You have to be a good rider and you have to have both hands and both feet on the controls at all times.

The Harley's got a little too much torque when it comes to jumping.

I think I coulda landed on a dime. I really do.

I've always lived by the creed that you're never a failure in life when you fall as long as you try and get up.

You're never a failure until you fail to get up.

In the old days they, the promoters, wanted more and more from me. They wanted me to jump or spill my blood and break my bones. Every time they wanted me to jump further, and further, and further. Hell, they thought my bike had wings.

Riding a motorcycle on today's highways, you have to ride in a very defensive manner. You have to be a good rider and you have to have both hands and both feet on the controls at all times.