Top 786 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Drivers - Page 12

The perfect life is the combination of great moments and bad ones, and under that point of view, my life is fantastic, because I've certainly hit more than one bump.

Life is strange, but F1 is simply crazy.

It takes more than driving to become an IndyCar driver. Gone are the days when drivers show up Friday morning and go home Sunday night. We're all integral to our partnerships, commercially, motorsports. We're as much champions in the boardroom as we are on the racetrack.

I think there is a guy called Michael. It looks as though he’s got a talent. He will make his way to F1.

I'm competitive, man. Competitive.

I won a lot, crashed a lot, and broke just about every bone in my body, but I gave it everything I had

There are not many things you can do to make the car go faster at some racetracks. What you got from the shop is just how you're going to race. It's really about strategy.

Learning to create is essential, necessary, vital & fundamental. It is the centrepiece in which you create the life that you really want

Some fans understand who I am and why I do things, and then there are some fans that have formed an opinion that I don't feel is who I am.

The cars need to be louder so it goes through your skin and your stomach, like it used to be - and we need a bit more speed.

From where started, I think it is too far down to try and win a championship at the end of the season, although we had a very good first race at Mondello and scored some good points.

There are a lot of other things I could be doing out there, but I love to race. I'm fortunate to have the opportunity, to have the team and to have the resources to be able to do this.

It wasn't all frustration. I've had a lot of good times with Ferrari as well.

When I started go-karting at the age of six, I always dreamt of becoming a Formula One driver.

Obviously, you've got to make the chase first, so first things first - get in the chase. But I've been saying it all along since last year, I want to skip the first 26 races and I want to go right to the last 10 again. That's where they pay the money. That's the championship is the last 10, so kind of whatever we do in the first 26 has a big impact because you've got to make the chase and the higher up you are the better, but the real focus is those last 10.

Anyone can exceed expectations in one way or another and I hope to prove that when I race alongside, not just able-bodied drivers, but the best Touring Car drivers in the UK.

I will always cherish the times at JGR. The only thing that I regret is that we didn't win more races and/or championships.

My fans freak out and think I'm never going to race again. And I don't want them to do that because I want them to be there to pull for me in the truck series next year.

Yellow usually means it's not that serious.

I'm far from perfect. There's a lot of times you'll say something that you regret or do something that you regret and wish you wouldn't have said it or done it.

I don't care too much what happened in the past. I prefer to focus on what is coming next and I am really looking forward to it.

What I have to do from here is I have to do the best I can to carry on.

I like the danger, I like the adrenaline and I need it to race.

My role models weren't holding steering wheels and mashing gears on Sunday. They wore burgundy and gold with names like Art Monk and Darrell Green.

Confidence is a big part of any sport, but as far as sports psycholgy, I met with one last year before the season, and hell I just felt stupid after that, so I try to stay out of there.

Everyone has complicated lives, but the more you can simplify it and make it work for you, the better it is going to be.

There is no medicine maybe for everything, but there is a big medicine which is downforce in an F1 car.

There is very little in civilized life that demands everything you got intellectually, physically, and emotionally. Driving is living. It's aggressive instead of passive living.

With F1, it's really a combination of many things. You have to have good endurance, good strength in certain muscles, you need to be fast, have good reactions and good decisions. It's not as simple as one thing. You need to be a complete athlete.

Last year was the best Father's Day ever, 1,000th win for Ford and to have my daughter there for her first victory lane. I'm not sure how to top that, but hopefully something spectacular will happen. Michigan is one of my favorite tracks; it's a big fast place and has lots of room to race. There is always a lot of strategy going on. Fuel mileage and pit stops are very important.

The carrot and the stick are prevasive and persuasive motivators. But if you treat people like donkeys, they will perform like donkeys.

You have to visualize a second or two ahead of your car what line you are taking, what you are going to do, before you get there because it comes too fast.

I was driving in Formula Renault 2.0... with Daniel Ricciardo.

Music is kind of motivational and it helps me get my mind right.

Sometimes you need to press pause to let everything sink in.

To be honest, Brazilian people are fun people, and the country is amazing. It's full of beautiful people. I love the beaches.

I am infinitely grateful to the life which privileged me.

As the lead rider in the team you always have to keep your eyes on the team you're pursuing - it's called the pursuit for good reason.

I have a lot of faith in myself. Physically, I could drive forever.

My mother never watches the start of my races - because she fears for me.

I don't aspire to be like other drivers - I aspire to be unique in my own way.

Motorsport is a really tough industry and there are a lot of people in the world who think because of who my brother is and all the money he has and how successful he is, that that is the reason why I am where I am today.

We're far from having too much horsepower...my definition of too much horsepower is when all four wheels are spinning in every gear.

I drive a BMW 1 series convertible. I love my Beamer.

It's important for me to live up to my reputation.

That's life. You've got to deal with it, good and bad. We'll be all right. I mean, if we make the chase, we make it. If we don't, we don't.

I hate wearing trousers and shoes. I wear jeans and sneakers most of the time.

I know that when I have had whatever run-ins I have had throughout my career, I have had them because I have done the things that I feel like I need to do to be the best, and that is why I am in this sport, that is what drives me.

When you grow up around racing, you just want to race for a living. It doesn't matter what it is.

Persistence and love of one's work is the key.

Usually when I'm mad, I'd rather listen to angry music than soothing music - more heavy metal, some Metallica or something.

You know, I think in Europe NASCAR is not regarded as high as it should.

You cannot deliver to your maximum if you're thinking 'if I do an error, it might close a door to somewhere' or whatever.

I find it incredibly annoying going to every race to finish seventh, or even fifth.

I always work the same way, starting from the beginning of the weekend, so I know at the beginning of the race, from all that I have analysed during the practice, whether I will win the race or not.

The first impressions I had from Ferrari was very heart-opening, welcoming me in a family which was always part of my family.

When I came to America Al Unser, Jr. was very difficult. And Bobby Unser.

I'm far from perfect but I have managed to earn a good deal of respect by trying to implement the kinds of things you learn about.

You really don't put a value on your first win, it is priceless no matter where you are.

I lived in Wisconsin for a while, so I keep my eyes on the Packers. I grew up in San Diego, so there's the Chargers, but outside of that, I'm really kind of lame because I don't have a specific team I pull for.