Motorsports Quotes

I'm very proud to be the first winner of the Indian Grand Prix, but then on the other hand we recently lost two of our mates. I didn't know Dan Wheldon, but he was big in motorsport, and then this year I got to know Marco Simoncelli, so our thoughts are with them at the moment.

I think Formula E truly has the potential to become the future of motorsport. Formula One is the past.

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

Motorsport is very expensive. No one cares if you had a good season two years ago and then you have an injury. It is a very dodgy investment.

I want to say thank you to everybody at Hendrick Motorsports for their hard work...Obviousl y, the front row is very special, big thank you to Chevrolet and my awesome sponsor Lowe's Home Improvement !

It takes more than driving to become an IndyCar driver. Gone are the days when drivers show up Friday morning and go home Sunday night. We're all integral to our partnerships, commercially, motorsports. We're as much champions in the boardroom as we are on the racetrack.

To be a driver that can cross off one of those marquee events as a winner, that cements your legacy in motorsports, to be able to win the Daytona 500 is the ultimate dream of a race car driver.

I just had....my Farmer's Insurance Chevrolet was the fasted car here. In the first run. We were going forward, just taking our time. Regan Smith was pretty slow. I was under him for a couple of laps. When my spotter cleared me in the center, I just took off, and he was there on exit. It is disappointing to have that good of a car and be out this early. Everybody at Hendrick Motorsports is doing such an awesome job. I've had awesome race cars, and I have nothing to show for it.

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.

Wealthy men can't live in an island that is encircled by poverty. We all breathe the same air. We must give a chance to everyone, at least a basic chance.

Linguistics is a good way of defining the culture of a brand. The vocabulary used by sports and lifestyle brands - running, fitness, training, motorsports - is all about functionality, whereas the vocabulary of the luxury business - handbags, ready-to-wear - is all about the product.

There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one.

You live more in five minutes on a bike like this going flat out than some people live in a lifetime.

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

Le Mans takes the best out of everyone. Winning is important but it's not everything. It's such a big and great event in motorsport. You do more kilometres in that one race than Formula One do in a season, and probably a higher average speed. We average about 220km/h including pit stops and cover nearly 5000km.

The lead car is unique, except for the one behind it which is identical.

If you can leave two black stripes from the exit of one corner to the braking zone of the next, you have enough horsepower.

There are seven winners of the Monaco Grand Prix on the starting line today, and four of them are Michael Schumacher.

Newman's first law: It is useless to put on your brakes when you're upside down.

Auto racing began 5 minutes after the second car was built.

I've been in motorsport my whole life since I was eight years of age.

You want to climb the mountain because it’s there and you know you can do it.

In motorsports we work in the grey areas a lot. You're trying to find where the holes are in the rule book.

Moonshiners put more time, energy, thought, and love into their cars than any racer ever will. Lose on the track, and you go home. Lose with a load of whiskey, and you go to jail.

You must always strive to be the best, but you must never believe that you are.

It is not always possible to be the best, but it is always possible to improve your own performance.

Aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines.

Aerodynamics is for those who cannot manufacture good engines.

Take those chances and you can achieve greatness, whereas if you go conservative, you'll never know. I truly believe what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Even if you fail, learning and moving on is sometimes the best thing.