Donald Campbell: Speed King (2013 TV Movie)
John Pearson: Self - Writer
Quotes
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[John Pearson recounts what Donald Campbell said to him just before his fatal water speed record attempt]
John Pearson : He said to me "I think it will probably kill me but I've *got* to do it."
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John Pearson : His father had a much easier job, driving his simpler cars at lower speeds, and becoming a great national hero and getting his knighthood. Donald tried the same thing on much more difficult cars, going at much faster speeds in a very different world, but he wasn't taken seriously in the way his father was. I think, though, that when you go beneath the surface of what was going on, you realise that this really was a man who was a much greater man than his father, a much more heroic man, a much nicer man, and a genuine hero.
Donald Campbell : [archive footage] Probably, also, I haven't grown up, and if that's so, well I'm quite prepared to accept it and I'm in no hurry. There's too much time to grow up and grow old.
John Pearson : I think Donald is the sort of hero we really need today, someone who is not phoney but, on the other hand, is not a pompous git. He wasn't a pompous git, he was a good guy, and he was very honourable.