Evel Knievel
Evel Knievel
Robert Craig "Evel" Knievelwas an American stunt performer and entertainer. Over his career, he attempted more than 75 ramp-to-ramp motorcycle jumps, and, in 1974, a canyon jump across Snake River Canyonin the Skycycle X-2, a steam-powered rocket. During his career he suffered more than 433 bone fractures, earning an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records as the survivor of "most bones broken in a lifetime". Knievel was inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1999. Knievel died...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDaredevil
Date of Birth17 October 1938
CityButte, MT
CountryUnited States of America
I can't keep track of my hospital time. It all sort of blurs together.
I've been asked to do a TV reality show where I'd pick the greatest daredevil in the world. I'm giving it some serious thought, too.
Well, I ride just a couple times a week.
Buddy puts his nose to the ground and gets things done. He came up the hard way, and nobody gave anything to him. I have lots of respect for him for that.
The other thing I wanted but never got to do had something to do with Liz Taylor but she's getting a little old and a little fat.
We are awaiting a donor of a liver that will be a suitable match for my blood type, O positive, the most common type in this nation.
I went through high school, but I didn't graduate.
Breaks your heart when your son doesn't love you.
There's just no stopping me. I went through life big-bang-banda-boom-bada-boom.
Sometimes I keep a car for only a week or two. I like the newest and the flashiest.
Nothing's worse than a guy who loses fair and square and then whines about it.
I'm not only the best-known daredevil on the face of the earth, I'm the oldest.
I play golf five days a week. I find that if I play seven days a week, I get stale.
You can be famous for a lot of things. You can be a Nobel-prize winner. You can be the fattest guy in the world.