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That is an important part of my success. Another big part of my success is that I hated not to finish a race.

Alain Prost

In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place. I pushed like mad, yet everyone was gathered around the winner and they were thinking that I was just trundling around. But that’s motor racing.
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Everyone Gather Mad Motore Push Race Seventh Think Time Trend Win
You can’t always have the best team. It’s always a compromise.
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Always Best Compromise Team
Do you know, why I really love my helmet that much? Because it makes me 15 centimetres taller!
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Centimetre Helmet Know Make Much Really Tallest
One of my biggest problems this season was with the clutch at the start of the race. I hate to risk the car.
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Biggest Clutch Problem Race Risk Season Start
You want to have fun but you also want to work well. Sometimes I was quite happy at Ferrari, because we would have fun, but then they could not stop having fun and go back to the real work.
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Also Car Fun Happy Quiet Real Sometimes Stop Want Well Work
Maybe I am not French, maybe I am from nowhere.
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Country Maybe Nowhere
I like the mentality of the Americans. It’s like when you talk about money.
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Country Like Mentality
When you win a race like this the feeling is very, very good. There have been times when I have been flat-out to finish sixth, but you can’t see that from the outside.
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Feel Fix Flat Good Like Out Outside Race Time Very Win
I have always had this mentality because I hated to break anything on the car.
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Always Anything Break Car Mentality
Sometimes it also helps you to understand the mentality of the people in the team a bit better.
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Better Bit Help Mentality People Sometimes Team Understand
If I could have pushed hard and attacked. But then I would have had a good chance of making a mistake.
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Attack Change Could Good Hard Make Mistake Push
The people who criticise you will not be the ones taking care of your legs when you are in your wheelchair.
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Care Criticise Leg One People Take Wheelchair
Does it scare me, driving into nothing at 300kph? – Of course it does – I’m not an idiot.
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Course Drive Idiot Nothing Scare
I work very hard and they don’t appreciate that.
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Appreciate Hard Work
People who never drove a car in these conditions, they just don’t know.
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Car Condition Drove never People Unaware
People don’t understand that it was maybe my biggest pleasure to drive an F1 car when it’s wet.
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Car Drive Maybe People Pleasure Understand

That is an important part of my success. Another big part of my success is that I hated not to finish a race.

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