Tony McCoy Quotes

IndyCar is what it is and in the back of our minds we all know it is a dangerous sport.

I don't go to racers' funerals.

Boxing has become America's tragic theater.

Really, if you get in the ring and box with someone for real, I don't think it is a sport. As far as professional fighters, you are literally putting your life on the line.

From the beginning when you go into this sport, you know how dangerous it is. It will never be a safe sport.

Boxing is the only sport you can get your brain shook, your money took and your name in the undertaker book.

Death is a sniper. It strikes people you love, people you like, people you know - it's everywhere. You could be next. But then you turn out not to be. But then again, you could be.

Eventing is way too dangerous. People get killed every year doing cross-country.

Shoot, every time you get on an animal, you take your life in your hands.

Pro football is like nuclear warfare. There are no winners, only survivors.

I don't particularly want to smear myself into a hillside.

I've been on some very good horses which have died, and that's very tough to take. But as much as we love the horses, and care for them, human life is obviously more important. Some good friends of mine have died or been paralysed while doing a job we all love.

This is motor racing. We go at very high speeds, and tires have always been deflating or exploding. It is just part of the sport.

People can dress it up however they want to, but boxing is life and death.

Some guy once told me that skydiving is like cutting your throat and seeing if you can get to the doctor before you bleed to death.

If I can avoid doing stunts, I will. I don't want to die just for a movie. It's not worth it.

In my sport, the quick are too often listed among the dead

Don't go to sleep, so many people die there.

Clutch the bramble and you will be pricked.

This is the most exciting place in the world to live. Oh yeah! There are so many ways to die in New York City! Race riots, drive by shootings, subway crashes, construction cranes collapsing on the sidewalks, manhole covers blowing up and asbestos shooting into the sky.

...Proximity to a noose danger and death ... can make man or woman appreciate things.

I can remember a couple of real fights when I ran. Because they were kinda dangerous.

It gives me some kind of chance to survive the night." "How are those better odds? If you come back with me, you're guaranteed to survive the night." "No," Reacher said. "If I come back with you, I'm guaranteed to die of shame.

The devotion of the greatest is to encounter risk and danger, and play dice for death.

I thought, better to get out while I'm still alive.