A motorcycle coming down from 30 feet at 70 mph gives you a terrible jolt.

Riding a motorcycle on today's highways, you have to ride in a very defensive manner. You have to be a good rider and you have to have both hands and both feet on the controls at all times.

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

If I'm out trailriding, I have a favorite motorcycle. Riding on the road, I've got a favorite. If I'm jumping, I have a favorite, and if I'm racing, I have a favorite.

Those extreme-sports kids today are good, but they have it easy. Try falling off of a motorcycle going 70 or 80 miles per hour on asphalt. Believe me, nothing equals it.

You can be famous for a lot of things. You can be a Nobel-prize winner. You can be the fattest guy in the world.