Quotes By Johnny Knoxville

I just love that spirit that makes people do things that they probably shouldn't.

I pretty much operate on adrenaline and ignorance.

I just try to think of all the things that could go wrong so in that split second when it happens, maybe your body reacts in a way where it protects you just a little.

When I used to go into bars people would try and fight me. Women would punch me 10 years ago or put cigarettes out on my arm or my face. But it doesn't seem to happen any more. They show us a lot of love.

My parents said that I was nine months old and would throw myself out of the crib onto the floor continually. As soon as they left the room after putting me back in they'd hear a big bump and I'd be on the floor again.

I was a really bad kid. Then, I got sweet as I got older.

I'm not looking to lose anything. I'm looking to continue making movies.

I'm not out running around all the time. I'm not partying constantly and constantly battling myself. I'm with someone, and we are very, very happy.

I love Louisiana. It's amazing.

It's unfortunate when kids get hurt, but I wish parents would monitor what their kids are doing and watching. It's common sense, really.

We're just trying to make ourselves laugh. We realize critics are going to hate it, but it just makes fans like it more.

A lot of stand-up comedy guys, when they get a little famous, just give up their stand-up career, and it cancels out the thing that set them apart.

Everyone gets hurt, but I've probably had the most injuries.

People go to car races to watch the crashes.

People try to challenge me in bars every now and then. As long as they're not physical I just walk away, but if they get physical then I just end up in a fight.

I don't care what other people think.

Suffering will get you great footage. I don't know about closer to God. Although there have been times when I've suffered to the point where I think I might be about to meet him.

I love the tabloids except for when I'm in 'em.

It's just an unhealthy way to approach something, trying to outdo your last thing. You've gotta trust evolution, you've gotta trust that the bar is moving, that you don't need to force the bar. It'll just happen.

If someone hits me I consider it a challenge.

What calmed me down finally was when my girlfriend got pregnant.

You can tell it's good if you light it and a blue flame comes up; that means it's good moonshine and it won't make you go blind.

I think everyone roots for the underdog.

I'm so uncoordinated, I can't really do that much, so my specialty is standing in one spot or holding on to something, like an exploding rocket or a jetski.

I actually got stabbed at my friend's bachelor party. In real life.

I'm the fun dad, I am also the disciplinarian.

I want to do dramas. I want to do comedies.

A couple days before the stunts, if I'm doing something particularly dangerous, I will go over every worst-case scenario in my head, like this could happen, this could happen, this could happen, this could happen. I try to think about that to where it's ingrained in me.

Doctors have told me I have a high pain threshold, but I can only know what I feel. I think I'm good at minimising the pain and being indifferent to it.

You were about five feet short of a ten feet jump?