Cats know, comin' out of four, they better be standin' on it, else they'll be standin' in it.
– Richard Petty
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
I don't know if it was much of an interview. We just shot the breeze.
– Richard Petty
I quit driving, I'm not retired.
– Richard Petty
I'd rather be called King than other things I've been called.
– Richard Petty
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
If there are 10 people there, two or three are going to recognize you.
– Richard Petty
No one wants to quit when he's losing and no one wants to quit when he's winning.
– Richard Petty
Now they're getting so politically correct you can't even stick your tongue out at somebody.
– Richard Petty
So I've realized that this outfit is part of Richard Petty now. And the real Richard Petty is still hidden behind these glasses.