I’ve got cattle on 4,000 acres about 100 miles east of Dallas, but I’ve also got another 65-acre ranch where I raise American miniature horses. Carroll Shelby Read Quote
The Cobra is my personal favorite car. The original 289 Cobra is the car I respect the most. I like to drive the 289 better than the 427. Carroll Shelby Read Quote
I never had ambitions to see how rich I could get. I got a lot of contemporaries that that’s their ambition, and I don’t know very many of them that are happy. Carroll Shelby Read Quote
I didn’t have time for my children much. I wasn’t a very good parent; I had a pretty unhappy home life. Carroll Shelby Read Quote
I don’t think I’m a celebrity. I’m just a guy from east Texas who loves cars and airplanes. Carroll Shelby Read Quote
I don’t design cars. I’m not a designer. I know what I desire to be built, I know what the end result is, the horsepower, the competition we’ll be working against – but I leave it to the people who work with me to put it all together. I don’t do anything. Carroll Shelby Read Quote
