Top 786 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Drivers - Page 6

My whole life is about racing, and of course everybody wants to do the same with your son. Being a father and doing motor racing with him goes hand in hand.

The McLaren prizes can only help me in my quest to ultimately reach Formula One.

If you can't drink a lobbyist's whiskey, take his money, sleep with his women and still vote against him in the morning, you don't belong in politics.

Caterham realises corporate America and the American consumer market... is the largest consumer market in the world and it is something that needs to be part of Formula One.

You can imagine the long process and what you need to do as a driver to extract the maximum out of the car, what you need to do as a driver talking to the team about what you need, but what also the team can do for you to make that happen.

You've got to think ahead from what you're about to say. I might be mad at some guy but if I say what's on my mind, it's probably not going to be good.

I'm very much a people person.

My father was a motorsports journalist and a motorbike fan. He gave me my motocross bike.

I'm the most ripped guy on the grid, let's just say that.

The goal for all of us drivers is to get a championship, but I've always wanted to be known as one of - if not the greatest - all-around race car drivers ever.

You need the right balance between data and gut feeling.

There's definitely a sense of responsibility and it's something I take very seriously. It's an honor. There's pressure, but that's a good thing and something I feel very fortunate to have. I take great responsibility for it. Not every number gives you pressure. This number, the No. 3, means so much. It pushes me to be better, to go to the gym, to talk to my crew chief Gil Martin, and to be with the guys on the team every day. The number pushes me and that's a good thing.

I want to win a championship with the best drivers, the best engineers and the best technology. As drivers, we want to make sure that we are involved in a championship with such a standard.

I said a racist word and I can fully understand why people would label me a racist.

A podium is always possible if you are in the right place at the right time.

If I'm going to try to achieve something, regardless of how tough it might and the obstacles I face, I grit my teeth and go for it or I don't do it at all. It's about reaching the goals you've set with the opportunities you've been given.

My No. 1 goal in racing was never to be the most popular driver.

The whole thing about F1 that the bad boy is the winner is wrong.

I started racing go karts when I was six. I just loved everything about racing. I was raised in a racing family. And I always wanted to race for a living at the highest level I could.

I never thought of myself as a role model, but I've had so many messages from girls, women, mothers saying I was an inspiration.

Whenever I get to a low point, I go back to the basics. I ask myself, "Why am I doing this?" It comes down to passion.

Everything you can learn from is an opportunity to become stronger.

Every day I am part of my local town community, part of Rio Mesa High School Alumni, part of the racing world, part of the diabetes community worldwide.

What you fuel your body with is pretty crucial to how you perform.

When speed gets in the blood, one must drive to live.

When I'm driving the race track, it's all about repetition.

I wear a continuous glucose monitor when I'm racing.

You go to the ballet and you see girls dancing on their tiptoes. Why don't they just get taller girls?

If you no longer have the view of winning in F1, then you should consider something else.

I like to smile a lot before going in the car. I make jokes, even on the grid, and then I can still manage to focus when it counts.

The racing is no different if it is day or night except you see the lights and the sparks. You run the race the same. The day or night doesn't really affect the race.

The main reason for our achievements is teamwork. It's quite simply the group of people that are here at Red Bull Racing and Red Bull Technology working as one unit.

It's neat for Kyle to win, ... I think you'd have sympathy for anybody if you put yourself in that situation and got taken out of the race car. But I have absolutely no information about what was going on.

Train wreck, extremely fast train, but usually ends up derailed somehow.

I get this a lot: 'Oh, can you take a picture with my baby? Can you hold the baby?' I don't want to hold your baby! I'll hold my baby. I don't like holding someone else's baby. I'm serious! You never know what could happen. It's such an awkward position you're put in, and it's like, 'No, sorry.'

You can accomplish anything, if you are focused and determined, believe in yourself, and get education and certifications that will give you confidence.

As a Formula One driver, you dream about winning your first race all your life. I am desperate to know what it feels like.

When you do everything you can to be an F1 driver and suddenly it stops, it's not painful but it's definitely not something you were looking for.

Once you try to do more than your equipment is capable of doing you get yourself in trouble and you start wrecking.

Money spent in complying with a regulation cannot be spent again on marketing or product research.

Everything comes to those who wait... except a cat.

Am I calm all the time? That is a question to ask my mother. I am very happy in my home. I have a good family, that gives me something extra.

I just prefer wood. I like the smell. To me, it's a lot cheaper than electric or gas, and it's more convenient. It's just a better heat to me.

I don't want to die in a race car.

Many of our racetracks were built in the '60s - not much real estate for runoff.

My first priority is to finish above rather than beneath the ground.

You don't go to a race track to finish second.

I want to go down in the history books with what I've achieved.

I did almost every job in the bank. It was real life, waking up in the morning, putting on a suit and tie and then having to go to work.

For me to win at New Hampshire, first of all, is more than a stretch and more than a dream. This is probably one of my worst places.

Our target is to compete with Ferrari and Mercedes.

I understand the relationships between the crew chiefs and the engineering or between fabrication and the body shop.

I'm a Christian and I believe in angels and God.

There's no beauty that you could perceive or create if it were not already within you.

We have an online clothing boutique called Pink Candy Boutique that we manage in the midst of all of this, and trying to bring in different types of sponsors into NASCAR.

I thought I'd become a welder if my racing career ended.

You're safer in the race car than you are in cars going to and from the track.

I believe 0% is luck. I think you create your own luck, so I don't believe in luck.

I need to find a way to improve my qualifying performances because then I think my races will be even better.

Everybody who knows Formula 1 knows McLaren and knows that it is the greatest team in Formula 1.