70+ Famous Paul Walker Quotes About Speed & Fast And Furious Cars

I wish I could be behind the wheel for every stunt.

I live by ‘Go big or go home.’ That’s with everything. It’s like either commit and go for it or don’t do it at all. I apply that to everything. I apply that to relationships, I apply that to like sports, I apply that to everything. That’s what I live by. That’s how I like it.

I used to believe in one true soul mate, but not anymore. I believe you can have a few.

I don’t think of myself as a romantic person; I’m kind of more rough and tumble, I think. The things I’m drawn to are outdoorsy, I only get dressed up when I have to. I’m drawn to women who are into the same type of thing. If you’re going to call it romantic, I’m very spontaneous. That’s probably the best thing I have going for me.

You know, all that really matters is that the people you love are happy and healthy. Everything else is just sprinkles on the sundae.

If one day speed kills me, do not cry because I was smiling.

I find it hard to take chances that might mean making bad decisions.

I’m a Christian now. The things that drove me crazy growing up was how everyone works at fault-finding with different religions. The people I don’t understand are atheists. I go surfing and snow boarding and I’m always around nature. I look at everything and think, ‘Who couldn’t believe there’s a God? Is all this a mistake?’ It just blows me away.

It’s funny to see the people connect with Fast & Furious the way they do. I had no clue, I didn’t get it. And now, more I get it and I see it.

I don’t care what it is in life: listen to your heart. If you do, no matter what, you win.

When you put good will out there, it’s amazing what can be accomplished.

The dream is to have it all. Who says you can’t have your cake and eat it too? Live this life, that life, this life, you know? You only live one time – I want to get it all in.

I think my mom put it best. She said, ‘Little girls soften their daddy’s hearts.’

If you play with people who are better than you, then you get better.

My perfect weekend… anything to do with nature.

The people I don’t understand are atheists. I go surfing and snowboarding, and I’m always around nature. I look at everything and think, ‘Who couldn’t believe there’s a God? Is all this a mistake?’ It just blows me away.

If you spend any time with a man, you’ll realize that we’re all still little boys.

I want to have the freedom to do whatever I want.

I am going to continue to work hard, but I do not take it too seriously, I just do what feels right and I really want to have a good time.

My philosophy is: If you can’t have fun, there’s no sense in doing it.

Attitude is attitude, whether you’re a West Coast gangster or East Coast gangster, you know?

Remember That No Matter How Cool You Think You May Be, You Are Not Cool Enough To Look Down On Any One…Ever.

Train your mind to see the good in everything

People are often talking when they are not supposed to be.

Sometimes the hurdles aren’t really hurdles at all. They’re welcome challenges, tests.

I’m one of those people that think certain things happen at certain times for all the right reasons.

If speed one day kills me, don’t be sad because I was smiling

When I was younger, the pressure was just being cool. I never thought of myself as a cool guy. I always thought of myself as more of the goofy guy.

I’m a pretty agile guy, especially being taller and having done martial arts from about the age of 13, but parkour is one of those sports that I wish I’d discovered sooner. When my nephew first showed me, I thought, ‘Damn – I’m too old for this.’

I’m a crazy car guy. I’ve got an airplane hangar full of cars.

Thing is, I went to a born-again Christian high school, was brought up in a traditional Mormon family where these ideas about parenting are of structure and sacrifice. To think outside of that idea of family and parenting that I’ve grown up with is tough but also very freeing.

Surfing big waves is not an extreme sport to me. I fall off, tumble down, and come up. My heart’s racing because I’m thinking I almost drowned, and I thank God I can breathe again, but I always think, ‘What am I hitting?’ Water.

I don’t go where people are. I go where the people aren’t.

The mornings along the coast where the fog and mist meet with the salty spray of the seas is one of my favourite smells. I love the smell in the evergreen forest just after it rains – The Redwood Forest in California has the coast, too, so you have the best of everything!

You know, I’m a pretty mellow guy. I’m pretty easy-going. I see everyone’s perspective.

I love ‘Donnie Brasco’ and ‘Days of Thunder,’ so after I did ‘The Skulls,’ I was like, ‘I want to be either an undercover cop, or I want to race cars!’ Universal came to me with a newspaper article about street racing in L.A., and I was like, ‘Are you kidding me? I grew up doing that right off Peoria in Sun Valley.’ They asked if I wanted to do it.

Vin Diesel and I have different approaches to life. We found a respect for one another but we were such opposite ends of the spectrum. The reason why it’s worked is because we are so different. I don’t know if we necessarily found a stride together because there are certain days I still want to crack him in the head! But he looks at me and there are days he wants to crack me in the head too. Then there are times he’ll look at me and say, ‘Man, I wish I could be more like you,’ and I’m like, ‘F**ker, I wish I could be more like you!’

Surfing soothes me, it’s always been a kind of Zen experience for me. The ocean is so magnificent, peaceful, and awesome. The rest of the world disappears for me when I’m on a wave.

You have to make smart decisions, but you never know what will happen in the future.

Maybe this is just horrible bad, but I think I’ve had enough successes to where the journey is more important to me now. There’s no guarantee, no matter what. We get one run in life.

I’m a science guy. I’m a geek. I love geology and botany and marine science. I thought maybe I’d be a professional guide, or maybe even a park ranger, working for the Department of Fish and Game.

I have an airplane hangar with 17 cars in it. That’s no joke. I have a ‘half pipe’ in there, too – you know, like a big ramp, where I skateboard. It’s awesome. It’s the ultimate fantasy.

I’m not afraid of anything. That’s just the way I am.

It’s not about working anymore, it’s about doing work I can be proud of.

I think that just sitting down and having casual conversation is the hardest stuff to do. But the extremes? I know what it feels like to come racing around the corner at 90 miles an hour, sliding the car sideways. I know what gear I’m hitting it in when I’m coming around the corner and where I need to downshift. So to me, that’s the fun stuff.