Famous motocross quotes

When Ron Lechien went to Japan with Team Honda in 1986 he was busted at the airport for possession of marijuana. It cost him his job with the Team and Honda executives immediately sent him back to the States. One of the British magazines covering the story later said, "Ron Lechien left no turn unstoned".

When Ake Jonsson was dominating the 72 Trans AMA, in and interview the subject of how fast he was going down some of the hills, they asked his secret. His response "I just think of it as level ground on a slant"!

“Coccyx”

That's gold. 😀

"It separates the men from the women" Damon Bradshaw   

“It’s spelled B-O-B H-A-N-N-A-H frontward and backwards so ya can’t forget it”.

(Or close to that) 
- Bob Hannah pits after beating Marty Smith at Hangtown in 1976

“If he touches me again, I’ll break his frickin’ leg.”

-Bob Hannah to AMA official on Kent Howerton ramming him at Saddleback 1981

"I don't get paid to ride for free!"  Jeff Stanton

Everything is Sano at Miller Mano! 👍

WhY dIdNt U BraYYKE!!!

"LATER"

Jett @ Thunder Valley  "The track is shit"  

"Vincent Black Shadow . . . factory team."
-Dr. Gonzo

“Hold on to it”

When Hangtown asked Damon Bradshaw if he liked the track, "Put a closed sign out front"

"What gear were you in?" - Someone

"Faast..." - Seth(bloody and broken after OJing a sand dune in Crusty Demons)

"Have fun and kick their ass!!!" - My Dad on the starting line, pre-moto pep talk, as starter was walking back to the box after pointing ya down.

Little Fauss: "I was going faster than I ever went in my whole life, then I fell off"

And of course...pit tootsie wisdom😂
Halsy Knox: You know, sometimes when I'm drunk... .. I really think that they're princesses, and then I wake up and they're just pigs.

Little Fauss: I just figured you like pigs.

If it don't rev, why bother. Guy trying to get 8000 rpm from his 501 Maico.

Dude you were cooking today, when I went by you you were hauling ass 

Dungey on Eli “bunching them up” 

yeees

"They just mad that I'm him, they got a deal with it, and if you don't like it you can suck it honestly"

(The entire Deegan quote)

Lord forgive me for I have sinned, I hit a 4th gear jump 5th gear pinned 

“Just ride the &@$% bike.”

-my dad when I bitched too much about my bike instead of my d-class skills at the time…

"Motocross is about what you put into it, not what you get out of it."

"Don't try to keep up with the Joneses... blow by them on the back straight"

- Both by MXA

" Some sports take two balls".

Turn dis, turn dis hard. When Ake Jonsson’s mechanic was asked how to go faster, while holding the throttle.

"Send nudes"- 

Back in my YOT days I used this phrase many times as it was necessary many times…

“There’s NO I in Team” 😉

Video interview with Warren Reid: “ It will be a cold day in hell before a privateer wins a Supercross!”

What are you hoping for today?

“A cold day in hell!”