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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Embrace the sacredness of existence.

You leave the previous book with idea's and themes - characters even - caught in the fibers of your clothing - and when you open a new book, they are still with you.

We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile. And now we realize that we know where it lives... inside ourselves.

A man growing old becomes a child again.

Whether we are based on carbon or on silicon makes no fundamental difference we should each be treated with appropriate respect.

I've got to get on myself to be sharp, funny and loose.

Being a leader is one thing I've never felt comfortable with. It's not my nature.

Gambling interests hire lots of economists to do impact studies, but what you need is cost-benefit analysis, and you'll never see the industry finance those

If you are advocating full retirement benefits starting at 60, my reaction is the system is already 31 percent underfinanced and can not afford what it's now doing, let alone such a policy change.

I was never meant to sit at home.