The best classroom of all times was about two car lengths behind Juan Manuel Fangio.

The ideal racecar will expire 100 yards past the finish line.

To achieve anything in this game you must be prepare to dabble in the boundary of disaster.

There are two things no man will admit he cannot do well: drive and make love.

You get to the stage when your almost looking down on yourself. When you get into that state, it’s the best state ever.

In order to finish first, you first have to finish.

We've got some very strong and robust ladies, but, when your life is at risk, I think the strain of that in a competitive situation will tell when you're trying to win. The mental stress I think would be pretty difficult for a lady to deal with in a practical fashion. I just don't think they have aptitude to win a Formula 1 race.

Movement is tranquility.

I believe that if a man wanted to walk on water, and was prepared to give up everything in life, he could do it.

The main thing is to be honest with yourself, know and recognize your limits and attain maximum achievement within them. I would for example get more satisfaction from climbing Snowdon, which I know I could, than from attempting Everest, which I couldn't.

I love to feel a racing car around me, to feel the way it holds me. I love to make it do all that it was built to do, and then a little bit more.