Go Like Hell Quotes

“understand all Edsel Ford had endured. This thing killed my father, Henry II thought to himself. I’ll be damned if I’m going to let it kill me. Henry”
― A.J. Baime, Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans

“Ferrari turned to the Ford man. It was the first time since the failed business deal of 1963 that he had met a Ford executive from America face to face. The American launched into a formal greeting. “I would like you to know, Mr. Ferrari, that we at Ford have a great respect for you.” Ferrari’s aide translated and the great man responded in Italian. “Yes, I know,” Ferrari said. “Like America respects Russia.”
― A.J. Baime, Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari and their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans

“He had a way of stripping people of their confidence with a mere handshake. A prominent Italian journalist once described Ferrari: “The Drake was big8 and robust and with his way of doing things seemed like a monument, before whom everyone, absolutely everyone (heads of state, kings, businessmen, actors, singers and all others) felt great embarrassment.”
― A.J. Baime, Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari and their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans

“Three years after launching his company, Enzo Ferrari was poised to dominate racing in Europe. His first Grand Prix championships came back to back in 1952 and 1953. Another Le Mans victory came in 1954. Years later Ferrari was asked: Which of his cars was his favorite? He answered, “The car which I have32 not yet created.” And which of his victories meant the most? “The one which I have not yet achieved.”
― A.J. Baime, Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari and their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans

“We are on the threshold of possibly the most exciting racing era in history. —Sports Illustrated, May 11, 1964”
― A.J. Baime, Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans

“This is a nickel and dime business all the way through,” Ford vice president Lewis Crusoe said. “A dime on a million units is $100,000.”
― A.J. Baime, Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans

“To take control of this materialized energy, to draw the reins over this monster with its steel muscles and fiery heart—there is something in the idea which appeals to an almost universal sense, the love of power.”
― A.J. Baime, Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans