Top 12 Quotes & Sayings by Barry Sheene

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a British celebrity Barry Sheene.

Last updated on October 1, 2024.

Barry Steven Frank Sheene was a British professional motorcycle racer. He competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing and was a two-time world champion, winning consecutive 500cc titles in 1976 and 1977.

British - Celebrity | September 11, 1950 - March 10, 2003

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It's not as if there's a noise problem, because they use the same circuits as Formula One.

Barry Sheene

It wasn't about the money. I just wanted them to admit it was their fault.

Barry Sheene

Endless motorbike talk can and does bore me.

Barry Sheene

They were ridiculous times. After I won my world championship in 1976, I went to Japan.

Barry Sheene

I decided there and then to sue the bastards.

Barry Sheene

Nobody within motorcycling has or deserves any respect.

Barry Sheene

I thought: This is not racing, it's a suicide mission.

Barry Sheene

I race in two or three classic races a year and I may carry on for 10 more years or I may stop tomorrow.

Barry Sheene

I vowed I would do everything I could to stop the Isle of Man counting towards the world championship. And it was stopped, so they love me in the Isle of Man.

Barry Sheene

I'd get to within a yard of that door you walk through and the thing would go mad. I used to carry an X-ray in my briefcase, to show them. But I had all the metal taken out.

Barry Sheene

The advantage of the rain is that, if you have a quick bike, there's no advantage.

Barry Sheene

Don't wait for your ship to come in, swim out and meet the bloody thing.

Barry Sheene