Once something is a passion, the motivation is there.
I've always believed that you should never, ever give up and you should always keep fighting even when there's only a slightest chance.
Never think that success is down to your own performance alone. If you start listening only to yourself you take the first step back towards the bottom. The flowers of victory belong in many vases.
I always thought records were there to be broken.
Sometimes minor details can have a huge impact. If you don't devote 100 percent of your efforts to every detail, you immediately run into difficulties.
First, you have to finish.
If the sun were made of hamsters, the earth would be incinerated.
Just being a mediocre driver has never been my ambition. That's not my style.
You win a race, the next race it’s a question mark. Are you still the best or not? That’s what is funny. But that’s what is interesting. And that’s what is challenging. You have to prove yourself every time.
If you do things to the limit, and don’t purposely go over that limit, then I think it’s fine to do whatever you want. So long as you enjoy it. That’s what’s important.
Everyone is replaceable, including me.
Losing composure is pointless.
I cant really imagine life without Formula One.
The more precisely I can drive, the more I enjoy myself.
You try to hide your emotions, so as not to show weaknesses to others. I believe it's the same for every sportsman.
When you start out in a team, you have to get the teamwork going and then you get something back.
An engineer can look at the data, but he needs a translator from the cockpit - the driver - to understand it completely. For example, only the driver can tell you why he abruptly takes his foot off the gas pedal at a certain point. The data doesn't necessarily tell the engineer whether the driver made a mistake at that point or the car was acting up. The information the driver provides often helps determine the direction of development.
When you're very successful, you become careless and try to turn many things into routine.
Every year we find something new, we go faster, and that's what Formula One is about .
I know what I am, and what I have to do in my profession, so I can handle the pressure. It's the way I think.
The first thing, when I got the money, I knew I would support somebody. And the person I supported was my family. Because we were really in debt with the money. And - so I gave to my father this suitcase full of money. And he couldn't believe it. And that was something very special.
I'm Michael Schumacher. I don't need to test my driving ability.
When you are part of a community for 14 years, it inevitably shapes you. I will always have a part of Ferrari beside me; a part of my heart will always be red.
Your ups and downs in sports, I think they are as normal as daily life: One day you wake up and feel great, the next day you wake up and feel maybe less great.
Mika Hakkinen was the best opponent (I've had) in terms of his quality, but the biggest admiration I had for him was we had 100% fight on track but a totally disciplined life off track. We respected each other highly and let each other live quietly.
