What I wanted to do was build an automobile.

I never made a damn dime until I started doing what I wanted.

Driving race cars was an avenue for me to learn how to build my own car, and that was my ambition all along.

The reason I moved to California the first time was to build the Cobra. I thought it was stupid to have a 1918 taxicab engine in what Europeans like to call a performance car when a little American V-8 could do the job better.

I'm a terrible husband.

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.