When I was racing, I had learned that you can't set stock in...

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.

Eddie Rickenbacker Quote About Adoration, Bum, Crowds, Heard, Later: When I Was Racing I...

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