Top 786 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Drivers

You can knock me down, but I get up twice as strong.

Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.

It's really not about what you have. It's about how you're able to enjoy life in general.

I would say a lot of people think I'm too serious at times, but actually I feel like I'm the opposite away from the camera and everything. I feel like I have a good time, but you rarely see pictures of me in the garage with a smile on my face, even though I am happy. I guess I just don't always show it.

For me, the most important consideration is to choose attire that is functional, but looks stylish too. That means going for colors that are understated and use smart fabrics.

I act like I'm always in a good mood when I'm not, but it's my job.

Toyota is competitive in anything they do.

Once you put everything in the right perspective, even bad times can be an opportunity to refresh your appetite, your desire.

If you are a successful woman, that can inspire the next generation.

I think Weetabix and full-fat milk is what it is all about.

Even when we've been winning, we still look at things that we could have done better, whether it be on the racetrack, on pit road, just little things to maximize our day.

I am happy to start from zero, to create, to restart.

I always think about my dad. He's always in the back of my mind. That helps me make good decisions. It has an influence on my life in every decision and everything I do.

We want to be treated equally and not judged off our skin color.

For me, I want to be me, stay true to that, do my thing, try to keep things simple and stay true to who I am.

In the end, you have to just pull the trigger. Trust the car, trust the brakes, just go.

It's the fear of failure that drives all of us at Red Bull.

The red car, even before I knew it was called Ferrari, was my obsession.

I've never seen myself as a 'girl driver.' I'm just a driver.

Nothing is impossible.

In the end, I think in F1 it is very hard for a girl.

There will always be jealous people and haters: people who assume that if they were in your shoes, they could do what you're doing. That's just the world we live in.

I know when I am in the car I am always doing my best.

Sometimes I think I'm a bit impatient, and a bit more patience would help me in some cases.

My dad raced so we were out at the racetrack late at night on Saturdays, getting up early on Sunday morning going to church.

You can't change what happened. But you can still change what will happen.

Every day, every year, every new season is a reset from the last, and you are still hungry for success, to do things better and better.

We don't make the rules. We just play by them.

I was a welder for about three or four months, and I was lucky enough to get out of it because there was a guy who wanted to support me and pay for my racing.

I take every race like my ride is on the line, like it's my last. I don't get sponsors when I finish second. My sponsors aren't happy when I finish second. They're happy when I win.

I know where my priorities lie.

I don't need to break the speed limit. But if I'm not passing other vehicles on the interstate, I get a little irritated.

I usually sleep ten to eight hours per night. I sometimes also have a nap in the afternoon.

Being team-mate to Michael Schumacher at Benetton in my first year of Formula One was certainly a high pressure situation.

Humility is a super-important factor in all of our lives, and I try to remind myself every evening in front of the mirror, 'Just calm down.'

Without going to what I think is my limit. I always say that my ideal is to get pole with the minimum effort, and to win the race at the slowest speed possible.

The goal is to win in F1. That is the aim.

Formula one is very one-dimensional in terms of what we do in the cockpit.

It's a never ending battle of making your cars better and also trying to be better yourself.

Eddie Jordan found me all the drives. If I am with Tyrrell today, it is because Eddie was there.

I don't care about the future. I feel the future always reserves enough good things for you if you stay open and you smile.

I'm not a person who uses people.

Being diagnosed with diabetes can be a very scary thing, and it can easily make your life stand still for a moment.

The winner ain't the one with the fastest car. It's the one who refuses to lose.

The racing driver's mind has to have the ability to have amazing anticipation, coordination, and reflex. Because of the speed the car goes.

Just because I'm not coordinated doesn't mean I can't kick your ass.

I will give my very best to develop both as a driver, and to be part of the challenge to put the Sauber F1 Team back closer to the front where it belongs.

I've never strayed from who I am or where I came from.

It is hard to be number one, and it is even harder to stay there because everyone is trying to knock you off the top.

Healing comes from taking responsibility: to realize that it is you - and no one else - that creates your thoughts, your feelings, and your actions.

As government increases in quantity, our lives decrease in quality.

And luckily, therefore the good old days return. The traditional art of driving counts again, and it is all about good tactics, skills and reflexes instead of simple power.

I don't have time for self-pity. I don't see the point in dwelling on the past.

Your faith shapes the kind of person that you are.

At some point in every racer's life he has to make his peace with cheating. I do not approve of cheating ... at all. Of course, like every successful racer, I differentiate between taking advantage of loopholes in the regulations, stretching the grey areas and outright cheating. In any given racing series I will not start the cheating. If someone else starts it, I will appeal to them and to the officials to stop it. If my efforts do not succeed, then I'll show them how it is done.

Whenever we had a good car then it was possible for me to perform well.

I think it's good for sports cars to be united, to be just one. I think it's good for the fans. When you have two different series, fans don't know which way to go, when you only have one I think it's good for the sport.

When you drive it is you, the car and your performance on track that counts. That is why I do it.

If two people were exactly alike, one of them would be unnecessary.

Why did I take up racing? I was too lazy to work and too chicken to steal