Every morning I wake up with new ideas.
Carroll ShelbyI don't think I'm a celebrity. I'm just a guy from east Texas who loves cars and airplanes.
Carroll ShelbyMy proudest moments are beating Ferrari for the World Championship in 1965, and working with Ford to win Le Mans in 1966 and 1967.
FordCarroll ShelbyKen Miles: "If this were a beauty pageant, we just lost."
Carroll Shelby: "Looks aren't everything."
We're going to make history.
Ford v Ferrari, by Carroll ShelbyLee Iacocca: "Suppose Henry Ford II wanted to build the greatest race car the world's ever seen to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans. What's it take?"
Carroll Shelby: "Well, it takes something money can't buy."
Lee Iacocca: "Money can buy speed."
Carroll Shelby: "It isn't about speed."
Henry Ford II: "Give me one reason why I don't fire everyone, starting with you?"
Carroll Shelby: "Well, sir, we're lighter, we're faster. And if that don't work, we're nastier."