I didn't miss out on a family life because of racing. I had one because of it.

If you ain't trying to cheat a little, you ain't likely to win much.

You can work hard, do everything that you think is right, but one thing you'll never overcome in life is fate. You can't control fate.

Cats know, comin' out of four, they better be standin' on it, else they'll be standin' in it.

I'd rather be called King than other things I've been called.

There is no doubt about precisely when folks began racing each other in automobiles. It was the day they built the second automobile.

Cotton Owens was leading and daddy was second. They came up on me and I moved over to let them pass. Cotton went on, but daddy bumped me in the rear and my car went right into the wall.