Peter Brock Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

America is very difficult; getting good food is a problem as health issues are not a high priority there it seems.

And as for barbecues my life does not allow for many social outings with friends.

Any kid with famous parents would recognize that it's difficult - they have to gain respect in their own right.

Being raised on a farm one automatically cares for all life and the balance of nature.

Bite off more than you can chew and then chew like hell.

I accepted this Holden drive, prepared it, towed it up there, and did the whole thing for nothing, as a kid you do these things.

I also enjoy pasta dishes, tofu dishes, salads, fresh vegetables, fruit and fresh fruit juices.

I always promote respect for all of creation.

I cut out meat approximately 10 years ago and dairy about 5 years ago.

I desired the feeling of being healthy so that I could get the best out of my body.

I don't feel any different than I did 20 years ago.

I don't fill the house with trophies, my home is as normal as possible, and my kids see me as just Dad who goes racing.

I enjoy football. I think I would have been good enough to play Aussie Rules, I had the basic skills, but of course the training and the commitment is something else again.

I enjoy painting, I enjoy car design I did during the 80's with all those Commodores.

I enjoy very much working with disadvantaged youth, and just with people.

I had a dozen years of running my own team, and I'm not interested in doing anything like that again.

I have a farm, and I enjoy farm work, creating a new environment planting orchards, market gardens, a few animals to tend etc.

I like to eat fresh, organic, non processed foods.

I love home made pizza using soy products.

I mean, looking at the speed of the car in Great Britain during 1995, and at the level of competitiveness that exists here, I see no reason why I won't maintain that potential to be on the front of the grid, and to run fast up the front.

I see Super Touring as a new formula with its own challenges and needs.

I'd rather be a quiet example rather than try to brow beat anyone into anything.

I'm happy to be a consultant to teams, to give them the benefit of my experience, but I enjoy dealing with sponsors and companies, public speaking, working with dealers, and product endorsements.

I've always been so immersed in the activity of driving - staying in front or catching someone - that time just flies.

If you can drive a car around Lakeside competitively, most other tracks become a breeze.

In a 20 minute race, you can get away with a lot of mistreatment of the machinery: in a long distance race it's not so simple.

Israel was fantastic wonderful food, a great place.

It was never significant to me what others thoughts that's their business.

Many people, because they aren't participants, tend to impress their own sense of limitations upon those engaged in the activity, and I don't take much notice of them.

My wife (Home Economist, Nutritionist, Science Teacher) is also vegan, two of our children are vegetarians and one eats meat.

Now, while as a driver you see that challenge, you're going to continue to be competitive, and you're going to continue to want to do that.

Once again, we could take a leaf out of the book of the North American Indians or the Australian aboriginal.

People admire racing drivers because kids would love to a racing driver - we can say and do things that the establishment can't get away with.

People complain about fame, and the invasion of privacy, but I see it as - you want the fame, it's part of the deal.

People seem to respect my choices their comments usually relate to how well I look.

Retirement will become evident to me at the time.

The Earth is a living entity so removing minerals, ground water anything is comparable to the use of anything else.

The use of leather or feathers is like everything else I believe that complete respect for the origin of anything is essential.

Too often we accept what others tell us we should fell at certain ages.

Travelling and being vegan is sometimes hard.

What I would like is to encourage other people, particularly in motorsport, to get out there: they'd be surprised at how much they can contribute, whether it's in Australia or any of the overseas readers reading this magazine.

When I write an article I'm aiming to motivate people, to get them to look at things a little positively, instead of as though they're a victim of life.

When you get into the car and you're not as motivated, perhaps your fitness is suffering a little, then you start feeling the pain, but while you're totally immersed in it, it becomes the thing that you're doing at the time.

When you're a participant, your motivation and point of view is usually quite different than from being an observer.

Yes, I take great care with my health, I watch all aspects of my life that contribute to my abilities to operate at my highest levels.

Yes, we have five Border Collies, they're beautiful, faithful hounds.

You tend to hop out of the 20 minute races feeling like it's just a practice session, a tyre test you've just conducted, and if doesn't seem like you've exhausted yourself.