Unser Quotes

#1. Nobody had race savvy like Al Unser in his prime.

Mario Andretti

#2. When I came to America Al Unser, Jr. was very difficult. And Bobby Unser.

Emerson Fittipaldi

#3. Al Unser Sr. was one of the smartest drivers I've ever raced against. And I often said, I wish I could've had some of his patience. I know it would have worked for me many times.

Mario Andretti

#4. I took Al Unser out on a Hobie the day before he became the first auto racer to go 200 mph around a closed-circuit track. We were only going about 18 mph, and you should have seen him hanging on for dear life.

Hobart Alter

#5. Nobody remembers who finished second but the guy who finished second.

Bobby Unser

#6. What is a great success? You haven't hurt anyone? That is a great success! You haven't ignored any person? That is a great success! You haven't lied? That is a great success! You haven't deceived a person? That's a great success! And now you see how very difficult to have a real success!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

#7. The only thing that's changed is the competitiveness of the series. It's only become harder to win in our series as the years have gone by. Competition breeds good things, and that's what's happened here.

Al Unser

#8. I tell all the rookies that come into our series and all the young drivers they can come ask me anything at any time, and we'll give them the straight shoot.

Al Unser

#9. I wouldn't mind meeting Eddie Van Halen. That would be great. We need to invite him to a race.

Al Unser

#10. So is the savage buffalo, especially delighting in dark places, where he can wallow in the mud and slake his thirst without much trouble; and here also we find the wild pig.

John Hanning Speke

#11. I feel honesty always works.

Bobby Unser

#12. It's important to face your fears in life. Whatever they may be. Makes us grow. Blessed to be alive.

Scott Eastwood

#13. Dad taught me everything I know, but he would never tell me anything he knew.

Al Unser Jr.

#14. If we get in an accident that's strong enough to break bones, it's going to break bones. What makes me a little bit higher risk is that if I break my right ankle again, I've got a bunch of screws and plates in there, and that would not be good.

Al Unser

#15. One of my three mottos: When times are tough, be more generous.

John Oehler

#16. If a person has enough desire, he will acquire the talent, he will build his skills.

Bobby Unser

#17. Freedom may be the soul of humanity, but often you have to struggle to prove it.

Lech Walesa

#18. How do you solve a mystery? How do you write a book? The techniques for starting both are surprisingly similar. Find an intriguing question and, pen and dagger tucked under cloak, search for clues.

Claire Cameron

#19. Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.

Bobby Unser

#20. Winning in my business is everything.

Al Unser

#21. I've got a great team of engineers behind this race car. I've got a great bunch of mechanics that make it reliable. This car is developed to go out there and be better than the Reynard, and I feel that it is.

Al Unser

#22. The people we most love do become a physical part of us, ingrained in our synapses, in the pathways where memories are created.

Meghan O'Rourke

#23. There is no greater gift to future generations than that we do the work God has asked us to do: love one another, that the world might be made right.

Marianne Williamson

#24. Have I learned something from making records? Yeah, I've learned a lot, because I've not only made eleven of my own records, I've also probably produced that many records for other artists, and then I've probably played on, or been a large part of another eleven records with other people.

Jesse Harris

#25. Research is so vital to a great story. Know what you're writing about!

Beem Weeks

#26. Yellow usually means it's not that serious.

Bobby Unser

#27. Dad taught me everything I know. Unfortunately, he didn't teach me everything he knows.

Al Unser