It's going to be a season with lots of accidents, and I'll risk saying that we'll be lucky if something really serious doesn't happen.

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.

I wanted to crawl in between those black lines of print, the way you crawl through a fence, and go to sleep under that beautiful big green fig-tree.

Heavenly realities are found in the presence of God

No woman worth her salt would listen to a proposal without the word ‘love’ in it.

Whoever said diamonds were a girl's best friend sure hasn't read a good book.

For now, decisions are upon us and we cannot afford delay. We cannot mistake absolutism for principle or substitute spectacle for politics, or treat name-calling as reasoned debate.

Know the Power that is Peace.

Too much emotion is like none at all.

Power resides only where men believe it resides. [...] A shadow on the wall, yet shadows can kill. And ofttimes a very small man can cast a very large shadow.

Unless you connect to the text, the audience won't be able to connect with you.

I made records in the past that are as traditional as any other country records that have been made, but at the same time the records have a contemporary slant on it too.