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
The guy is nuts. I am not involved with him.
Nothing's worse than a guy who loses fair and square and then whines about it.
The saddest thing is when a guy is paying so much attention to the world and everything going by that he can't take the time for his own mother.
I know guys in my hometown that drive by feel and sound.
You can't ask a guy like me why [I performed]. I really wanted to fly through the air. I was a daredevil, a performer. I loved the thrill, the money, the whole macho thing. All those things made me Evel Knievel. Sure, I was scared. You gotta be an ass not to be scared. But I beat the hell out of death.
If a guy hasn't got any gamble in him- he isn't worth a crap.
A motorcycle coming down from 30 feet at 70 mph gives you a terrible jolt.
You can't forbid children to do things that are available to them at every turn. God told Eve, 'Don't give the apple to Adam,' and look what happened. It's in our nature to want the things we see.
My life has been being a daredevil. I am Evel Knievel. I am a daredevil.
I think if you have ability and talent in one way, you have it in all ways. I'm not a jack of all trades; I'm a master of many. I don't feel there is anything I can't do if I want to.
The most important thing in life is, if you have a dream, I mean a real good dream, follow it.
I learned one thing from jumping motorcycles that was of great value on the golf course, the putting green especially: Whatever you do, don't come up short.
If you fall during your life, it doesn't matter. You're never a failure as long as you try to get up.
Women are the root of all evil. I ought to know. I'm Evel.