No one wants to quit when he`s losing and no one wants to quit when he`s winning.
If there are 10 people there, two or three are going to recognize you.
Cotton Owens was leading and daddy was second. They came up on me and I moved over to let them pass. Cotton went on, but daddy bumped me in the rear and my car went right into the wall.
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.
I don`t know if it was much of an interview. We just shot the breeze.
So I`ve realized that this outfit is part of Richard Petty now. And the real Richard Petty is still hidden behind these glasses.
Now they`re getting so politically correct you can`t even stick your tongue out at somebody.
Cats know, comin` out of four, they better be standin` on it, else they`ll be standin` in it.
I quit driving, I`m not retired.
I`d rather be called King than other things I`ve been called.