My dad was very successful running midgets in Texas. Then, his two drivers ran into some bad luck. People started saying that Daddy had lost his touch. That it was the cars and not the drivers. I wanted to race just to prove all those people wrong.

This quote is from the legendary race car driver A. J. Foyt, who grew up in Texas and began racing midget cars at a very young age. His father had been successful in racing midgets, but his two drivers ran into some bad luck. This led to people saying that Foyt's father had lost his touch, and that it was the cars and not the drivers that were causing the bad luck. This quote shows Foyt's desire to prove these people wrong by getting into the racing world himself and showing that it was the drivers and not the cars that were at fault. Foyt went on to become one of the most successful race car drivers of all time, and this quote shows his determination and drive to prove all the doubters wrong.