If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.
Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.
If you don't come walking back to the pits every once in a while holding a steering wheel in your hands, you're not trying hard enough
The only thing that happens if you wait, is that you get older.
It is amazing how many drivers, even at the Formula One Level, think that the brakes are for slowing the car down.
Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal. Prepare yourself in every way you can by increasing your knowledge and adding to your experience, so that you can make the most of opportunity when it occurs.
Do it no matter what. If you believe in it, it is something very honorable. If somebody around you or your family does not understand it, then that's their problem. But if you do have a passion, an honest passion, just do it.
If you're so afraid of failure, you will never succeed. You have to take chances.
If you think you're always in control, then you're not going fast enough.
Failure is sucess if we learn from it.
Love what you do. Believe in your instincts. And you'd better be able to pick yourself up and brush yourself off every day.
For every negative, there's a positive. It's in everything. How you deal with life, outlook, how much energy you put into achieving something. That's why I detest entitlement. Anything that's worthwhile is going to call for some sacrifice. Nothing worthwhile will come to you without a price. People think in sports, you have different rules. You really don't. It's whatever motivates you.
A goal isn’t something you just arrive at and stop. You have to stay curious and hungry and foolish...
Whenever you're aggressive, you're at the edge of mistakes.
You do the best you can with what's thrown at you, then you try again.
Desire is the key to motivation.
The first time I fired up a car, felt the engine shudder and the wheel come to life in my hands, I was hooked. It was a feeling I can't describe. I still get it every time I get into a race car.
It takes a lifetime to build tradition.
A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments.
Sometimes you have to bring back only the steering wheel so the car owner will know that you're giving it all you have.
When you are losing it can seem like there is a black cloud following you around, but like they say there is a silver lining in every cloud.
I count my blessings every day, quite honestly, because I take nothing for granted.
There's something special about racing in real streets. The 'artificial' circuits have a certain sameness to them. But every race conducted on real streets has a character of its own - Barcelona, Monaco, and now Long Beach.
Speed is relative. You have to live it. You can't just jump into it. You have to live it all the time.
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough.
