Quote by: Eddie Rickenbacker

When I was racing, I had learned that you can't set stock in public adoration or your press clippings. By the time I was 26, I'd heard crowds of 100,000 scream my name, but a week later they couldn't remember who I was. You're a hero today and a bum tomorrow - hero to zero, I sometimes say.


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Author Bio


  • NameEddie Rickenbacker
  • DescriptionUnited States Army Medal of Honor recipient
  • BornOctober 8, 1890
  • DiedJuly 23, 1973
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionRacing Driver; Autobiographer
  • AwardsCroix De Guerre 1914–1918; Medal Of Honor; Knight Of The Legion Of Honour