Quotes by : Carroll Shelby

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

The reason I moved to California the first time was to build the Cobra. I thought it was stupid to have....

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

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

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

It's a massive motor in a tiny, lightweight car.

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

In 1964, when Lee Iacocca said, 'Shelby, I want you to make a sports car out of the Mustang,' the first....

I'm not going to take this defeatist attitude and listen to all this crap any more from all these people....

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