I want to be the first. If they'd let me go to the moon, I'd crawl all the way to Cape Kennedy just to do it. I'd like to go to the moon, but I don't want to be the second man to go there.

More Quotes by Evel Knievel

I like to help kids, work with kids in detention homes. Don't tell a kid what's right and wrong. He knows what's right and wrong. Find out what his attitude and his aptitude are; try to help him where he wants to go.

I love the feeling of the fresh air on my face and the wind blowing through my hair.

Women are the root of all evil. I ought to know. I'm Evel.

I decided to fly through the air and live in the sunlight and enjoy life as much as I could.

Anybody can jump a motorcycle. The trouble begins when you try to land it.

I don't have any problems in life, just situations.