Top 73 Quotes & Sayings by Niki Lauda - Page 2

When you have something in black and white, you can deal with it quicker.

Grey zones do not interest me at all.

My experience enables me to select the very best pilots in the market.

Sebastian [ Vettel] can also learn to be more laid-back. It's never too late to learn. He's got some way to go. He's young and will turn out well. I'm not worried about that. He'll raise the bar ever higher.

Ultimately, an aircraft owner does not want to have to deal with all the intricate details which are necessary for the business.

When things change a lot, some guys handle the change better than others, but that doesn't mean the guys that take longer to get the hang of things are suddenly slow drivers!

If you are for a long time at the top you've basically achieved everything you wanted to. Then the ball's breaking stuff starts to be too much: it's not what you do in the car, it's what you do outside the car - the press conferences, the interviews, the sponsorship commitments, the marketing appearances - that sadly go up to a level that the whole package, including the risks you take, the workload you do to get the car to work and for you to be quick in the races, it becomes too much.

Business is much less transparent than a win in a Grand Prix; in a race you drive over the finishing line first and you have won. In business it is different.

I see myself as a classic middle market entrepreneur, and this is the role I fulfil.

I always want to know whether the customers are satisfied; customer satisfaction is, after all, my ultimate goal!

I am someone who places great value on the detail. That was always the case, even in my days as a racing driver.

It was the same with Schumacher: the need for the adrenaline rush, to push himself to the limit was always there. So without a Formula One car to race with he went on to do motorcycle racing and other stupid things, and obviously that wasn't enough to keep him happy, so he had a problem to sort out and returning to racing was his answer to the problem.

The air travel industry moves into a new phase every five to six years.