In 1964, when Lee Iacocca said, 'Shelby, I want you to make a sports car out of the Mustang,' the first thing I said was, 'Lee, you can't make a race…

- Carroll Shelby

My proudest moments are beating Ferrari for the World Championship in 1965, and working with Ford to win Le Mans in 1966 and 1967.

- Carroll Shelby

Thank god there's no 48-hour race anywhere in the world, because chances are nobody could beat Porsche in a 48 hour race. They're probably the only c…

- Carroll Shelby

I never made a damn dime until I started doing what I wanted.

- Carroll Shelby

If you don't go do what you wanna do, you're just bullshitting yourself.

- Carroll Shelby

Any man that eats Chili and Cornbread can't be all bad

- Carroll Shelby

There is never enough horsepower......just not enough traction.

- Carroll Shelby

Driving race cars was an avenue for me to learn how to build my own car, and that was my ambition all along.

- Carroll Shelby

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 …

- Carroll Shelby