I was already on pole, then by half a second and then one second and I just kept going. Suddenly I was nearly two seconds faster than anybody else, including my team mate with the same car.

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.

Money should not be the motivator in your life, it will only make you slave. Stand for values and you will die in honor.

Laziness has made our cities unclean. If we begin to work and act appropriately, we will clean our cities of any dirt.

Some say one thing and do another. Others say one thing and do it just for spite. I say nothing and do whatever the hell I want.

you’re so afraid of everyone pitying you that you’d rather nurture their contempt than accept their forgiveness" - Stacey Michaels

It is sad to love and be unloved, but sadder still to be unable to love.

There are formalities between the closest of friends.

I don't call myself an expert because I've played experts. I know a little bit about very little. But it's very hard to not be drawn into saying something, especially if it has to do with the work.

A nation becomes what its young people read in their youth. Its ideals are fashioned then, its goals strongly determined.

With Shakespeare, if you're not going to do the iambic pentameter, do some other play.

Music is always around, and it helps to heighten any emotion.