Kyle Petty Quotes

Race car driver

Kyle Petty is an American race car driver, born on June 2, 1960. He is known for his significant achievements in NASCAR races and is part of the Petty family racing legacy.

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Famous Kyle Petty Quotes

“When someone's got your rear tires off the ground, you don't have much traction.”

Tire Traction

Author:Kyle Petty

“Jack Roush is the only guy that could keep Matt Kenseth from winning races.”

Guy Winning Race Winning The Race

Author:Kyle Petty

“We lost one child and we gained ten thousand children.”

Children Lost Thousand Ten Lost Ones

Author:Kyle Petty

“You had life by the tail and didn't know it.”

Knows Tails

Author:Kyle Petty

“Speed is relative. Does it feel fast going 70 miles per hour down an eight lane highway? No, probably not, but I bet it does if you are going down some single lane dirt road. It's the same in a race car. It depends on the track.”

Ifs Feels Doe Hours Race Car Depends Track Eight Speed Miles Relative Dirt Highways Lanes Race Car Dirt Roads

Author:Kyle Petty

“Family is the most important thing. Family starts with your wife and your kids.”

Important Kids Wife Important Things

Author:Kyle Petty

“I think faith is the one common denominator between everything that goes on at the race track - a faith in Christ.”

Thinking Christ Common Race Goes On Track Common Denominator Race Track

Author:Kyle Petty

“I don't think political correctness doesn't make any difference. Once that's in your DNA, you don't pass an ordinance or pass a law or all of the sudden change your DNA.”

Thinking Law Political Differences Dna Political Correctness Correctness Ordinances Sudden Change

Author:Kyle Petty

“The only part I miss about driving is driving. That's it. I don't miss all the other stuff that goes along with it, all the other PR stuff. Anybody, when they quit driving, they miss the driving part.”

Stuff Missing Quitting Driving

Author:Kyle Petty

“That's what faith is - that belief that there's somebody there that's going to help you and push you and be that person that is there for you when you're in your deepest, darkest moment.”

Persons Moments Helping Belief

Author:Kyle Petty

“I just loved the driving part. If I didn't race anybody, it didn't make any difference as long as I could drive. It's just the physical part of getting in the car and being able to go run fast and being able to drive.”

Ifs Long Running Able Differences Race Car Driving

Author:Kyle Petty

“Faith is believing that there's somebody there to make you stronger. There's somebody there that won't leave you alone; God's always standing by you. That's what that is.”

Believe Standing Stronger Makes You Stronger

Author:Kyle Petty

“It doesn't matter what you do, if you love what you do, then you don't sweat the little things. You just don't pay attention to them. Then when the big things come along, they're never as big as what they seem to somebody who doesn't have a passion for it and doesn't really love it.”

Ifs Littles Matter Bigs Seems Passion Pay Attention Pay Attention Little Things Sweat Big Things

Author:Kyle Petty

“Why did I take up racing? I was too lazy to work and too chicken to steal”

Stealing Lazy Chickens Racing Nascar

Author:Kyle Petty

“The truth is, the longer it goes, the harder it gets.”

Truth Is Harder

Author:Kyle Petty

“You know, when Arnold Palmer came on TV with an old tractor and told me to buy Pennzoil, I bought that, and when Dale Jarrett advertises UPS, I can go along with that, too. But I don't think having an 18-year-old, somebody who's probably gotten five packages in his life and they were all 'Girls Gone Wild' videos, tell me what delivery service I should use would have much effect on me.”

Thinking Knows Should Years I Can Use Girl Gone Five Effects Tvs Video Packages Delivery Tractors

Author:Kyle Petty

About the Author

Born: June 2, 1960
Known for: Race car driver
Quotes: 16

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