I have no idols. I admire work, dedication and competence. Read Summary
Racing, competing, it's in my blood. It's part of me, it's part of my life; I have been doing it all my life and it stands out above everything else. Read Summary
You must take the compromise to win, or else nothing. That means: you race or you do not. Read Summary
Money is a strange business. People who haven't got it aim it strongly. People who have are full of troubles. Read Summary
Fear is exciting for me. Read Summary
On a given day, a given circumstance, you think you have a limit. Read Summary
These things bring you to reality as to how fragile you are; at the same moment you are doing something that nobody else is able to do. The same moment that you are seen as the best, the fastest and somebody that cannot be touched, you are enormously fragile. Read Summary
Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose. Read Summary
If you have God on your side, everything becomes clear. Read Summary
Because in a split second, it's gone. Read Summary
You will never know the feeling of a driver when winning a race. The helmet hides feelings that cannot be understood. Read Summary
Because I believe in God and have faith in God, it doesn't mean I am immortal. It doesn't mean I am immune, as has been claimed. I am as scared as anyone of getting hurt, especially driving a Formula One car. Read Summary
I don't know driving in another way which isn't risky. Each one has to improve himself. Each driver has its limit. My limit is a little bit further than other's. Read Summary
I continuously go further and further learning about my own limitations, my body limitation, psychological limitations. It's a way of life for me. Read Summary
It was like I was in a tunnel. Not only the tunnel under the hotel but the whole circuit was a tunnel. I was just going and going, more and more and more and more. I was way over the limit but still able to find even more. Read Summary
When you are fitted in a racing car and you race to win, second or third place is not enough. Read Summary
I was already on pole, then by half a second and then one second and I just kept going. Suddenly I was nearly two seconds faster than anybody else, including my team mate with the same car. Read Summary
I am not designed to come second or third. I am designed to win. Read Summary
And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high. Read Summary
And suddenly I realised that I was no longer driving the car consciously. I was driving it by a kind of instinct, only I was in a different dimension. Read Summary