Top 786 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Drivers - Page 4

Finding a sponsor is the toughest part of racing, tougher than driving.

Generally I don't care about what people say. I have to be clear with myself. When everything goes well, people celebrate you, when you make mistakes people criticize you.

The main factors in terms of how tiring a season can be are governed by the number of races and the length of time between the first and the last.

Jimmy Carter, who embraced all manner of schemes to make America a second or third-rate country, came down so squarely in favor of the double nickel [the 55 mph National Speed Limit]...This is the same Jimmy Carter whose limosine with him in it, just a little later in his presidency, was timed at an average of 72 mph for the 21.5 mile trip from Detroit Metro to the Detroit Plaza Hotel. He didn't want to be late for a campaign appearance.

Richmond is just the ideal racetrack.

I've made a lot of friends over the years through racing, but we weren't necessarily teammates.

I had other proposals and I was talking to people but then I decided that staying at Ferrari would give me my best chance of winning the championship.

I believe the perfect life is the right combination between great things, great success and stupid mistakes or failures.

Rule number one is: Beat your team-mate.

By admitting a mistake, it is easier to get yourself out of a spiral.

Faith is huge and I am a proud Christian. I think it would be difficult to have a career like the one we have without having faith.

I was a huge boxing fan, but it's a sport where the guys punch each other in the head. I thought maybe I shouldn't be a fan of that anymore. Maybe I shouldn't allow myself to cheer a sport where the head injuries are a big part of it.

I can't stand it when Lewis Hamilton or anyone else, is made out to be a godlike character. If Lewis was driving for Red Bull I'm sure he would race extremely well, but he'd be battling for points.

My friends and family and team know who I am, and they have my back. So I don't let someone who doesn't know me affect me.

I'm kind of quiet but when I put my helmet on, it's like you flip a switch. I'm ready to go.

You can't get a friend more loyal than your dog.

To be honest, when I'm home, every day is a Friday for me. It doesn't really matter what day it is for me. A lot of my friends actually have time off during the week, and so it doesn't prohibit me from enjoying myself when I am home on a Monday or a Tuesday.

I run all my social. I post everything, all the videos and stuff.

The more government does, the greater chance that its efforts will be tilted toward a particular group's good, instead of the common good.

I know deep down I'm not a racist.

Janet's a serious racer with some good race-car stuff. She can get the job done. I respect her as a racer.

One of my greatest pleasures in motor racing is qualifying. You have loads of freedom from pushing a lap the whole way. I've always been very good in qualifying in the past; everything I've done, I've got pole positions.

Just in a professional world, sometimes a phone call is definitely more meaningful than a text.

It will be hard work. It's always hard work, and hard work from everybody within the team - technical director, mechanics, drivers, engineers - everyone in the team.

It is a responsibility to be who you are and not let this sport [racing] change you and not let the good runs and success or the bad runs change you. You've got to be the same person all the time.

I have never been ready 100% even when I have been racing on my, let's say, gold times.

I've been in a lot of fires.

If you have complete control over the damned thing, you're not going fast enough.

If I wasn't me, I'd want to be me.

I'm here for the long-term, that's for sure. I think this championship is growing massively. It's only going to get more and more interesting.

I've had confidence in myself all along. It was just a matter of getting the pieces back in place.

My dad had a huge influence. He's my idol, and I'm following everything he did, looking for something I can use myself.

A race driver needs to be quick, to be intelligent, to have good relationships and be in the right place at the right time. There are a lot of factors that would create a successful race driver.

Growing up, I would say, when we were racing go-karts back in the day, it was always our uncle. We were always looking up to our uncle. I mean, he won the Daytona 500, he's a very well-respected man, and we've always looked up to that.

Sometimes you are lucky, sometimes you're unlucky. It all weighs out at the end. That is my experience at least.

The more I hear of ban-the-gun legislation forming in Washington, and the more I hear it advocated from the editorial pulpit of the New York Times, the more I want my own .45 holstered within easy reach of this typewriter.

Yeah, our car was really good even after the crash. I told you before the race that if we had good track position at the end I thought we could finish good. It was a really good day for our Linksys car. Just a fun day racing.

It's never too late to change the programming imprinted in childhood, carried in our genes or derived from previous lives; the solution is mindfulness in the present moment.

My accident was the result of incredible fate, with me spinning in a place I shouldn't have, with a car coming at a speed it shouldn't have, and hitting me with the sharpest and strongest thing that it has, which is the nose, in the most vulnerable part of the car, which is between the side part and the front wheel.

I wish Michael Schumacher would come try NASCAR. That'd be cool.

You were not in control You had no visibility: maybe there was a car in front of you, maybe not.

The way I drive, the way I handle a car, is an expression of my inner feelings.

I have many golfer friends whom I play with, including my good friend Ian Poulter, a professional golfer who's coming to Asia to play in a few tournaments.

Obviously living on the road is pretty hard to stay in shape while you're gone on the road all the time having to eat out three meals a day, just being physically and mentally exhausted.

I moved to Charlotte at a young age, and despite how much I like Charlotte, I've always had a fascination with my hometown.

I've dealt with some tragedy in my life, like losing my brother. That was probably one of the hardest days when I've been tested. But you learn what things are important. You have to prioritize your life with your family, your friends, things you want to accomplish. You've got to get all that stuff in order.

You can't really learn, not in car racing. You have to make your own mistakes.

I had no idea at two or three years of age that my dad was a rally driver and he was doing doughnuts around the world.

Climate change is my greatest concern.

If you start doubting yourself like that, thinking, 'Am I good enough?' - maybe there is a reason you're thinking that.

When I said I wanted to get back racing my dream was to be an F1 driver. I didn't know how realistic that was going to be until I'd driven again.

I remember the days of karting and kids were wearing Michael Schumacher helmets. When you asked kids what they wanted to do when they were older, they said they wanted to be the next Michael Schumacher.

The more bodies you have out there, the more affiliations - ultimately the stronger your race team is going to be.

It's like when people talk about driving F1 cars in the rain. I have absolutely no problem with it.

Maybe in hindsight the move to Sauber - not to disregard that year - but maybe if I'd stayed at Force India, that could have been a change to my career.

I don't ever want to let people down, so a lot of my energy goes to making people laugh and letting them know how much I care for them.

I have had some problems because the French don't like people to have success, they don't like the number one.

I decided to do the maximum to hold onto the lead for as long as possible. That is why I pushed so hard from the beginning. I was at 100 percent concentration.

I think you can improve on everything; you're never perfect.

Make your next car electric, put solar panels on your roof, and go vegan.