You and Rowdy have the same sickness, it's called denial and it's probably going to kill you both.
Tied for 3rd most-quoted character in Days of Thunder (1990): in 5 of its 26 quotes
Most scenes with: Cole Trickle (3), Harry Hogge (2)
Control is an illusion, you infantile egomaniac. Nobody knows what's gonna happen next: not on a freeway, not in an airplane, not inside our own bodies and certainly not on a racetrack with 40 other infantile egomaniacs.
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3 scenesWhat do you know about stock car racing?
Well... watched it on television, of course.
You've seen it on television?
ESPN. The coverage is excellent, you'd be surprised at how much you can pick up.
I'm sure I would.
All right. While we're still under a caution, I want you to go back out on that track and hit the pace car.
Hit the pace car?
Hit the pace car.
What for?
Because you've hit every other goddamned thing out there, I want you to be perfect.
Tell me what you love so much about racing.
Speed. To be able to control it. To know that I can control something that's out of control.








