You can work hard, do everything that you think is right, but one thing you'll never overcome in life is fate. You can't control fate.

- Richard Petty

I didn't miss out on a family life because of racing. I had one because of it.

- Richard Petty

Now they're getting so politically correct you can't even stick your tongue out at somebody.

- Richard Petty

You can only live on the past for so long, and we kind of stretched our luck on that. We think we're on the way back, but it's just a matter of how q…

- Richard Petty

The good Lord doesn't tell you what His plan is, so all you can do is get up in the morning and see what happens next.

- Richard Petty

If you ain't trying to cheat a little, you ain't likely to win much.

- Richard Petty

When I first started racing, my father said, "Win the race as slow as you can.

- Richard Petty

Never put a question mark where God puts a Period

- Richard Petty

If you ain't cheatin', you ain't tryin'

- Richard Petty