I think you earn what you get out of life. I've always worked hard … I was working hard in my dad's cornfields by the time I was seven.

It didn't set too well with Knievel, but he got over it.

I had a long and colorful career with Dodge.

I loved the thrill of the race. I didn't lose very often. I won 35 out of 36 races in 1964. Drag News Magazine called me 'the Babe Ruth of drag racing' in January 1965. I was undefeated for two years or more.