Foyt Quotes

My dad was very successful running midgets in Texas. Then, his two drivers ran into some bad luck. People started saying that Daddy had lost his touch. That it was the cars and not the drivers. I wanted to race just to prove all those people wrong. - A. J. Foyt

I'm no where as tough as my father. I really think that I am more open to change than he was. - A. J. Foyt

I guess John Wayne would be one. I just respected the way he acted. - A. J. Foyt

I don't think there's a great driver out there that doesn't have some edge. I don't know if anyone remembers A.J. Foyt when he was 29 or 30, or Bobby Allison when he was like 30 or 35. I don't care what profession you're in - if you have a passion for what you're doing, you're going to have an edge when it comes to that. - Roy McCauley

I don't believe the trophy makes the man. Tony Stewart, in my eyes, is the greatest race car driver I've watched drive in this era. A.J. Foyt might have been that when I was a little boy, but Tony Stewart is my driving hero. - Mark Martin

He goes, `No, I bought the trophy.' Kenny knew that I'm the only person in the whole garage area that would probably appreciate that, how jealous I was that he had the first Champ Car trophy that A.J. Foyt ever won. - Tony Stewart