Top 786 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Drivers - Page 8

If I was not racing then I would own a ranch where people could come and hunt. It would be fun and laid back every day.

When I entered Formula One in 2002 basically all I had was my talent, but now I also have the technical knowledge which enables me, together with my engineers, to fully exploit the potential of the car.

I enjoyed every minute of it, I traveled all over North America, racing everywhere I could, and I had fun with it. I didn't make a whole lot of money, but if I could do it again today, I'd do it, and I think I'd make it.

I played football at school - but it was something you had to do up in Lanarkshire. But my first love was always motorcycles, and at the age of 11 I went into the Scottish schoolboy motocross trials.

Winning in Monaco is always special. That track has always been good to me. I won there in Formula 3000, battled for the victory with Williams in 2006 and now I've won two of the last three grands prix there.

I think if you don't touch the wall in Monaco, you're not on the limit.

To do something well is so worthwhile that to die trying to do it better cannot be foolhardy. It would be a waste of life to do nothing with one's ability, for I feel that life is measured in achievement, not in years alone.

I want to be in the Guinness Book of World Records. And I don't have the patience to grow the longest fingernails in the world. Why not be the fastest woman on four wheels? It makes complete sense.

If you're going to hope for a change, you'd better start to pray for a change. If you're just hoping, you ain't going anywhere.

Garry Hill is a pleasure to be around, and his work is a rewarding reflection of my career.

We lost three very young, very talented drivers in a really short time and that had a lot of influence, too. Certainly Dale's death was a huge smack in the face to everybody, but all those deaths in such a short period of time was awful. It forced people to look at it and say, 'Hey, this isn't a coincidence. There's something going on'.

I love when architects build a golf course that compliments the landscape rather than intrudes upon it.

I just go where my heart tells me, where my gut tells me to go, where I'm enjoying my life the most, where I feel like I can have the most success. I've truly enjoyed my experience in NASCAR, to the point that I want to do it full time.

Michael Schumacher deserved the driver's championship. To be honest, I didn't want to keep my record as the last Ferrari world champion; it's never done me any good!

I think to downplay a woman's role in sports is not a good idea because a lot of women love sport, whether they watch it, report on it or work on a team.

At the end of the day, you have to be good everywhere, and I want to be good everywhere.

I'm an all-or-nothing kind of guy, I guess.

I really like the really high banked tracks.

Your luck goes up and down like swings and roundabouts

I'm African-American. There are more eyes on me than anybody. They're going to take the negative before the positive.

I suck at golf and a variety of other things I go out and do with my friends.

I never thought of retiring. I'm a racer.

I was accepting of the fact that I probably won't ever race in it again. I'm thankful that I did get that second chance and I was able to do good things through it.

I'm more convinced each day of the complete unreality of the material world and the supreme vitality of the invisible world of spirit.

I never thought I'd live this long. It sounds funny because I still think of myself as a kid.

I would have liked to run Formula 1 under the right circumstances. That's the one thing I didn't do. I'm the kind of guy who likes to see what's on the other side of the hill. I like that challenge out there.

I dared to be different, I want to inspire others to do the same.

I'm easy with employees. I make sure they get credit for their work. Naturally, sometimes a guy will screw up, and I'll have to apply some "retraining."

No, it will never have enough power until I can spin the wheels at the end of the straightaway in high gear. Too much power is never enough.

Winning teams have the least amount of distractions. They have a really tight group of people working towards the same common goal.

This is so dumb - once time I spray-tanned before a race, and I didn't shower, and I sweated the whole thing off on my car. It was so bad, I told a fan I would never do it again.

Formula E is trying to do something totally different to F1. When the battery technology does improve, because of our championship, and it transcends into road cars, it will be cool to think that we have been at the very pinnacle of new technology and the future of the automotive industry.

If I was going to give Matt (Kenseth) a piece of advice, I'd say use the s- out of him. Every time you get, run him hard, because that's his weakness.

The only way to be productive is to be positive.

Let me ask you. If someone called you and offered you a ride in the Indianapolis 500 and you were a male race car driver, would you turn the ride down?

It is expensive to start from scratch though.

If I were afraid, I'd quit Formula One immediately, I've earned enough.

If you work hard it's only a matter of time before things start to go right.

If you don't finish half of the races, you are not going to have a very good season.

To do something well is so worthwhile, that to die trying to do it better cannot be foolhardy

I am the driver. I am the owner, kind of the sponsor, except for our sponsorship with Dodge.

There's one part of the forest in Wales, it's like a natural bowl, and when we drove into it last time, it was getting dark. And as you came over the hill you could see fireworks being set off, the whole place was lit up and you could see this huge crowd all jumping up and down and cheering.

I think the people that need to see my talent are seeing it, people who understand F1 well are valuing my performance.

I don't think I would be a good actor! People enjoyed 'Dancing With the Stars' because I was myself, and every time they told me to say something, I would say my own words, so I don't think I could follow a script well!

There's a lie that all drivers tell themselves. Death is something that happens to other people, and that's how you find the courage to get in the car in the first place. The closer you are to death the more alive you feel. But more powerful than fear itself, is the will to win.

We don't do things we aren't good at by nature. I wouldn't play basketball because I'm only 5' 1". Find what you enjoy - whether it's racing, flying a helicopter, being a doctor, or stitching clothes together. Once you've done that, you have the passion you need.

You can go from having all your stuff together and really feeling good about yourself to really figuring you can't run a lick.

I grew up extremely fast. I was racing at the age of five. I was racing on a semi-national level by the time I was 16. It makes you grow up fast.

I always try to get the best result out of it, I'm not there to just sit second or sit third. I'm a winner, and I want to win every single race, and I will always go for it.

God's more in control than we are. Obviously you still take all the precautions and safety measures inside your car.

I finally crashed. I drove like an idiot all day.

I want to live a normal life that I never had the opportunity to do for many years.

I'm technologically challenged, so I finally hooked up Bluetooth in my truck so I can talk going down the road.

I didn't have boundaries when I was growing up. I knew the difference between right and wrong, and all the things a kid needs to know, but nobody ever said to me, 'You can't do that, because that's not what girls are supposed to do. That's more of a boy thing.'

I'm a Christian guy. I believe that we're going to heaven, and I believe when Dale Jr. and I drove off from Turn 4 at Daytona, I think that Dale Sr. had a smile on his face.

Nobody remembers the guy who finished second but the guy who finished second.

I have not changed much. I haven't gotten a big ego or anything.

I'll always wear NAPA blue. I'm thankful they were a part of my life.

Survival is for the human animal; fear the motivation. For the spiritual being survival is irrelevant. Curiosity, compassion and creativity are the name of the game; unconditional love the motivation.

Corporate America doesn't really have an interest in Formula One because there is nothing American in it at this point. It is European and all made by Europeans. Until that changes, the interest isn't going to be at the level it needs to be.