Evel Knievel
Evel Knievel
Robert Craig "Evel" Knievelwas an American stunt performer and entertainer. Over his career, he attempted more than 75 ramp-to-ramp motorcycle jumps, and, in 1974, a canyon jump across Snake River Canyonin the Skycycle X-2, a steam-powered rocket. During his career he suffered more than 433 bone fractures, earning an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records as the survivor of "most bones broken in a lifetime". Knievel was inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1999. Knievel died...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDaredevil
Date of Birth17 October 1938
CityButte, MT
CountryUnited States of America
When you're mad at someone, it's probably best not to break his arm with a baseball bat.
When I hit that pavement at 70 or 80 mph those suits just ripped.
You're never a failure until you fail to get up.
I guess I'm like any other concerned father, except that nobody else's son guns a cycle over 17 pickups without holding on to the handlebars.
I went through life big-bang-banda-boom-bada-boom.
I always knew how to draw a crowd.
No prince, no king, no president has ever lived a better life than I have!
I am a lucky, lucky person.
If it is possible, it is done. If it is impossible... it will be done.
I don't have any problems in life, just situations.
There are a lot of myths about my injuries. They say I have broken every bone in my body. Not true. But I have broken 35 bones. I had surgery 14 times to pin and plate. I shattered my pelvis. I forget all of the things that have broke.
If I'm out trailriding, I have a favorite motorcycle. Riding on the road, I've got a favorite. If I'm jumping, I have a favorite, and if I'm racing, I have a favorite.
I thought I was bulletproof or Superman there for a while. I thought I'd never run out of nerve. Never.
If you look at the Bible almost everything that was predicted, maybe everything, has come to pass.