Carroll Shelby

Carroll Shelby
Carroll Hall Shelbywas an American automotive designer, racing driver, and entrepreneur. He was best known for his involvement with the AC Cobra and later the Mustang-based performance cars for Ford Motor Company known as Shelby Mustangs, which he had modified during the late-1960 and early-2000. He established Shelby American Inc. in 1962 to manufacture and market performance vehicles and related products, as well as Carroll Shelby Licensing in 1988, that currently make up Carroll Shelby International...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDesigner
Date of Birth11 January 1923
CountryUnited States of America
The reason I moved to California the first time was to build the Cobra. I thought it was stupid to have a 1918 taxicab engine in what Europeans like to call a performance car when a little American V-8 could do the job better.
Driving race cars was an avenue for me to learn how to build my own car, and that was my ambition all along.
If you don't go do what you wanna do, you're just bullshitting yourself.
I never made a damn dime until I started doing what I wanted.
My proudest moments are beating Ferrari for the World Championship in 1965, and working with Ford to win Le Mans in 1966 and 1967.
Yesterday's History. Tomorrow's a Mystery. So live for today.
Horsepower sells cars, torque wins races
There is never enough horsepower......just not enough traction.
The first time I walked by a crap table, I felt kind of funny.
Every morning I wake up with new ideas.
I didn't have time for my children much. I wasn't a very good parent; I had a pretty unhappy home life.
I've had a good run. I've built a lot of things that work and a lot of things that didn't work.
I had a lot of fun driving race cars, but it wasn't my No. 1 priority.
I never had ambitions to see how rich I could get. I got a lot of contemporaries that that's their ambition, and I don't know very many of them that are happy.