1) “I don’t feel like promising big things to my fans. I’m not thinking about victory at all. I’ll do my best to get on the podium at least, although I must admit I feel fairly pessimistic.”
2) “My overriding memory of childhood is having the freedom to decide which way to go in life and having my parents’ support.”
3) “In sport there is never any moment that is the same as the other. I have been in Formula One for 12 years, and out of that I had one year with the perfect car.”
4) “If you imagine how many years the other guys have been in my position I’m in now, they have been motivated to get back and challenge the leaders, … There’s no reason not to be motivated and I look forward very much to challenging again.”
5) “It’s not something that happens overnight. I kept saying that until mathematically things are impossible, I will keep fighting,”
6) “When you start out in a team, you have to get the teamwork going and then you get something back.”
7) “When you are not as competitive as you want to be, you try everything you can to improve and my spin was partly the result of that.”
8) “You win a race, the next race it’s a question mark. Are you still the best or not? That’s what is funny. But that’s what is interesting. And that’s what is challenging. You have to prove yourself every time.”
9) “Your ups and downs in sports, I think they are as normal as daily life: One day you wake up and feel great, the next day you wake up and feel maybe less great.”
10) “If you’re lucky enough to be famous, then it’s great if you can use your fame and the power your fame gives you to draw attention to things that really matter.”
11) “If you do things to the limit, and don’t purposely go over that limit, then I think it’s fine to do whatever you want. So long as you enjoy it. That’s what’s important.”
12) “I have what you might call the South Pole and the North Pole. I have my team and my work, which I do on one side, and I have my family and my home on the other side. Both have nothing really to do with each other.”
13) “I always thought records were there to be broken.”
14) “I just want to be known as a very normal person and be treated as that and be able to walk down the street like anyone else.”
15) “Once something is a passion, the motivation is there.”
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