Ayrton Senna Quotes

If you no longer go for a gap that exists, you are no longer a racing driver.

If a person has no dreams, they no longer have any reason to live. Dreaming is necessary, although in the dream reality should be glimpsed. For me this is a principle of life.

I am not designed to come second or third. I am designed to win.

I believe that we start to see our true personalities when we go through the most difficult moments. This is when we get stronger

As soon as 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.

Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose.

I have no idols. I admire work, dedication and competence.

Whoever you are, no matter what social position you have, rich or poor, always show great strength and determination, and always do everything with much love and deep faith in God. One day you will reach your goal.

The past is just data. I only see the future.

The main thing is to be yourself. Many times its through a mistake that you learn. And the main thing is to make sure you learn through your mistakes and get better.

Pure driving, pure racing, that´s what makes me happy.

With regard to performance, commitment, effort, dedication, there is no middle ground. Or you do something very well or not at all.

You commit yourself to such a level where there is no compromise. You give everything you have, everything, absolutely everything.

When you're not happy, you need to be strong to change, resisting the temptation of turning back. The weak goes nowhere

I want to live fully, very intensely. I would never want to live partially, suffering from illness or injury. If I ever happen to have an accident that eventually costs my life, I hope it happens in one instant.

If you have God on your side, everything becomes clear.

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.

Each driver has its limit. My limit is a little bit further than others.

Because in a split second, it's gone.

We are made of emotions, we are all looking for emotions, it's only a question of finding the way to experience them.

The danger sensation is exciting. The challenge is to find new dangers.

Women - always in trouble with them, but can't live without them.

It's very hard to win without any problems. To win, you have to fight. And many times, this fight means to indispose in certain ways with some people, to prevail your beliefs. Your point of view, your ideas and your personality above everything. If you don`t fight hard, you lose your own way. And if you lose your own way, you`re nobody. So, to achieve this line of conduct, you have to fight very hard. And in many times, you really have to fight.

By being a racing driver you are under risk all the time. By being a racing driver means you are racing with other people. And if you no longer go for a gap that exists, you are no longer a racing driver because we are competing, we are competing to win. And the main motivation to all of us is to compete for victory, it's not to come 3rd, 4th, 5th or 6th. I race to win as long as I feel it's possible. Sometimes you get it wrong? Sure, it's impossible to get it right all the time. But I race designed to win, as long as I feel I'm doing it right.

The harder I push, the more I find within myself. I am always looking for the next step, a different world to go into, areas where I have not been before. It's lonely driving a Grand Prix car, but very absorbing. I have experienced new sensations, and I want more. That is my excitement, my motivation.