Women don't get the same opportunities that men get in racing, so they don't get to learn race craft.

If I ever have a son, and if he wants to follow in my footsteps in Formula 1, my main responsibility will be to point out some of the negatives.

We all drive differently and have different styles. For me I need a car I can develop beneath me and feel comfortable in. If the car feels neutral and unbalanced it doesn't work for me.

To understand the intensity of driving an F1 car, you have to be in it.

It doesn't matter how much money you've got, or how many connections, there's always something you want that's out of reach.

I always think I should try to get to bed early, but then I can't stop myself from watching telly and fiddling around on the net.

I haven't got the yacht any more. The cost of running it was crazy. But it was so much fun while I had it. I don't regret it.

My father did everything for me. He was awesome.

I love cycling, running and swimming. In recent years I've competed regularly in triathlons, which means I don't find the physical side of driving a struggle any more.

When you're in a car which can win every race, or fight for a win every race, that is pressure.

My time at Honda was amazing. Some of my best times in Formula One, actually. I might not have won races, just one race, but I had a lot of fun.

Don’t walk in front of me… I may not followDon’t walk behind me… I may not leadWalk beside me… just be my friend

I am strong and human with a mouth that works like a man’s and a more intelligible brain, and I demand to be heard.

A vision inspires, aligns, and directs. it says to other people, "here is what I am up to, come and play in my sandbox!

I'm too busy thinking what I'm going to say next to remember what I've said, but my staff tells me I'm sometimes funny. Not always on purpose, though.

It is not your paintings I like, it is your painting.

An artist without ideas is a mendicant; barren, he goes begging among the hours.

I believe in the curative powers of love as the English believe in tea or Catholics believe in the Miracle of Lourdes.

Exercise is for people who can't handle drugs or alcohol.

...if our humanity - our soul as a society - is overtaken by the materiel and cosmetic, there will be no hope of peace.

If you're gonna judge people by crimes, you get into a quagmire. If you're gonna judge people by themselves, by who and what they are, that's a different ballgame.