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Richard Petty

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If guys don't respect themselves, they don't respect other people. That's times and personalities. And all of them are not that way. But it don't take but one or two to screw up the whole crowd.


— Richard Petty


#guys #other #people #personalities #respect

No one wants to quit when he's losing and no one wants to quit when he's winning.


— Richard Petty


#quit #wants #winning

Cats know, comin' out of four, they better be standin' on it, else they'll be standin' in it.


— Richard Petty


#cats #comin #else #four #know

Cotton Owens was leading and daddy was second. They came up on me and I moved over to let them pass. Cotton went on, but daddy bumped me in the rear and my car went right into the wall.


— Richard Petty


#came #car #cotton #daddy #i

I don't know if it was much of an interview. We just shot the breeze.


— Richard Petty


#i #interview #just #know #much

I quit driving, I'm not retired.


— Richard Petty


#i #i quit #quit #retired

I'd rather be called King than other things I've been called.


— Richard Petty


#called #i #king #other #rather

If there are 10 people there, two or three are going to recognize you.


— Richard Petty


#people #recognize #three #two #you

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


— Richard Petty


#even #getting #now #out #politically






About Richard Petty

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Did you know about Richard Petty?

Following his loss Petty stated "If I had known I wasn't going to win I wouldn't have run. The year 1975 was another historic year for Petty as he won the World 600 for the first time in his career one of 13 victories en route to his sixth Winston Cup. (A 1972 rule change eliminated races under 250 miles (400 km) in length reducing the schedule to 30 [now 36] races.

Richard Lee Petty (born July 2 1937) is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. "The King" as he is nicknamed is most well known for winning the NASCAR Championship seven times (Dale Earnhardt is the only other driver to accomplish this feat) winning a record 200 races during his career winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times and winning a record 27 races (ten of them consecutively) in the 1967 season alone. Petty is a member of the inaugural class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

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