Richard Petty

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

There’s probably not a crew chief out there who hasn’t tried something that seemed like a good idea.

Denver’s pretty quick. They couldn’t keep up with him in the open field.

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.

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

The guys that don’t respect that history and tradition, I don’t think they’re going to be around all that long. And those guys who don’t know the history and tradition, I think it’s upon them to learn about it pretty quick if they want to be a success.

Being noticed can be a burden. Jesus got himself crucified because he got himself noticed. So I disappear a lot.

Then there’s the story of ill-fated love. It’s universal.

When faced with sexism or ageism or lookism or even really aggressive Buddhism, ask yourself the following question: ‘Is this person in between me and what I want to do?’ If the answer is no, ignore it and move on. Your energy is better used doing your work and outpacing people that way. Then, when you’re in charge, don’t hire the people who were jerky to you.

We all know what it feels like to be an outcast or a loner or to fall between the cracks. To be the target of gossip or people talking about you, or girls are ganging up on you. One minute, they’re your best friend; the next, they call you on three-way.

I hate that the paparazzi agencies get all of the fan accounts shut down! Ugh we have to think of something! Maybe start our own agency? And let all of the fans post whatever tf they want!!!!!

I think they called it ‘sucking up’ to begin with. They finally had to come up with another name.

I’ve never, ever, raised a fist to anybody in my life.

Actors are an insecure breed. It’s hard to have your career depend upon other people’s opinions of what you do.

If The Beatles or the 60’s had a message, it was ‘Learn to swim. And once you’ve learned – swim!’

I dig chicks that have their own careers that have nothing to do with music. Chicks in the music business try to impress you with it.I like models.

When was the last time you saw a musical about people at war with each other?

If you want to make an audience laugh, you dress a man up like an old lady and push her down the stairs. If you want to make comedy writers laugh, you push an actual old lady down the stairs.

You gotta wear the right trousers if you’re gonna be a rock star.

I don’t fit the mold. In this country, success usually happens when you are 22 and six feet tall. Clearly, by asking that question they are kind of letting me know that I am an aberration.

I didn’t get on TV until I was 30, which is really fortunate because you are who you are at that point.