If I didn't even stand a chance of winning races and competing for the title, I don't think I would be that interested in continuing my career.

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.

Once something is a passion, the motivation is there.

Just being a mediocre driver has never been my ambition. That's not my style.

If the sun were made of hamsters, the earth would be incinerated.

I cant really imagine life without Formula One.

I'm Michael Schumacher. I don't need to test my driving ability.

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.

You try to hide your emotions, so as not to show weaknesses to others. I believe it's the same for every sportsman.

I always thought records were there to be broken.

He advised that I could invest in stocks to make money. Given that I have a negative balance, that was where the conversation stopped.

I will enthusiastically accomplish the task.

When I use the word spirituality I don't necessarily mean religion I mean whatever it is that helps you feel connected to something that is larger than yourself.

I always believe in miracles.

Analysis is like a lobotomy. Who wants to have all their edges shaved off?

That's what a writer does; they make things up and that makes for good reading.

Words can be like weapons of destruction: It takes so much effort, and the cooperation of so many people, to build something - and so little effort of so few to tear it down.

By the time they got to Denholm Street, day had been beaten back and the night was soaking through the city.

It’s crazy to think North West can already read better than Kendall Jenner.

I have a bath. It just relaxes me. Sitting there for a bit and just breathe and go ‘ffffuuuhhh….’, you know.