Top 22 Quotes & Sayings by Richard Petty

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American athlete Richard Petty.

Last updated on September 17, 2024.

Richard Lee Petty, nicknamed "The King", is an American former stock car racing driver who raced from 1958 to 1992 in the former NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series, most notably driving the No. 43 Plymouth/Pontiac for Petty Enterprises. He was the first driver to win the Cup Series championship seven times, while also winning a record 200 races during his career. This included winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times and winning a record 27 races in one season (1967). Statistically, he is the most accomplished driver in the history of the sport, and is one of the most respected figures in motorsports as a whole. Petty remains very active in the sport as both a NASCAR team owner in the Cup Series, and owner of Petty's Garage in Level Cross, North Carolina.

American - Athlete | Born: July 2, 1937

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If guys don't respect themselves, they don't respect other people. That's times and personalities. And all of them are not that way. But it don't take but one or two to screw up the whole crowd.

Richard Petty

If there are 10 people there, two or three are going to recognize you.

Richard Petty

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

Richard Petty

I don't know if it was much of an interview. We just shot the breeze.

Richard Petty

No one wants to quit when he's losing and no one wants to quit when he's winning.

Richard Petty

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.

Richard Petty

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

Richard Petty

Now they're getting so politically correct you can't even stick your tongue out at somebody.

Richard Petty

I quit driving, I'm not retired.

Richard Petty

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

Richard Petty

If you ain't cheatin', you ain't tryin'

Richard Petty

You can only live on the past for so long, and we kind of stretched our luck on that. We think we're on the way back, but it's just a matter of how quickly things come together. Common sense tells you it's not going to happen overnight because we're trying to catch up.

Richard Petty

Like everyone else, I don't want it to get too far away from the racing because as time progresses, we're trying to get new fans and still keep the old fans and we've still got to have the racing.

Richard Petty

Never put a question mark where God puts a Period

Richard Petty

When I first started racing, my father said, "Win the race as slow as you can.

Richard Petty

Racing has become more show time; we've got to have something new to create interest in the sport.

Richard Petty

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

Richard Petty

The good Lord doesn't tell you what His plan is, so all you can do is get up in the morning and see what happens next.

Richard Petty