A biography for Evel Knievelhasn’t been written yet.
“I went through life big-bang-banda-boom-bada-boom.”
“You know, I had a couple hundred jumps in my career, and I made most of them, but the ones they show over and over are the ones when I crashed.”
“When you're mad at someone, it's probably best not to break his arm with a baseball bat.”
“My life has been being a daredevil. I am Evel Knievel. I am a daredevil.”
“I like to help kids, work with kids in detention homes. Don't tell a kid what's right and wrong. He knows what's right and wrong. Find out what his attitude and his aptitude are; try to help him where he wants to go.”
“I know that I'm very lucky to be alive. For 35 or 40 years I've spilt my blood and broke my bones and spent years in hospitals.”
“Marty Stanovich was an honorable man.”
“The Harley's got a little too much torque when it comes to jumping.”
“If there is a heaven, I don't know anything else I can do to get there - and neither do you.”
“I really think we should pass a law in every state, I don't care whether it takes the independence away from an old person or not. You shouldn't be driving a car if you're over the age of 80. Maybe even less than that.”
“I went through high school, but I didn't graduate.”
“Those extreme-sports kids today are good, but they have it easy. Try falling off of a motorcycle going 70 or 80 miles per hour on asphalt. Believe me, nothing equals it.”
“I guess I thought I was Elvis Presley but I'll tell ya something. All Elvis did was stand on a stage and play a guitar. He never fell off on that pavement at no 80 mph.”
“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.”
“Nothing's worse than a guy who loses fair and square and then whines about it.”
“I created Evel Knievel, and then he sort of got away from me.”
“You can't say you're going to jump the Grand Canyon and then jump some other canyon.”
“I have my tombstone already. A tombstone company in the East gave it to me when I jumped Snake Canyon. My plot is in Montana.”
“If you don't know about pain and trouble, you're in sad shape. They make you appreciate life.”
“Harley-Davidson is the finest company in the world.”