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If I could have pushed hard and attacked. But then I would have had a good chance of making a mistake.

Alain Prost

Sometimes I think I could have got some better results if I had a different mentality.
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Better Mentality Result Some Sometimes Think
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
In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place.
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Finish Four Place Seventh Three Time
It’s not too good to have this attitude in F1. It could be a disadvantage.
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Attitude Disadvantage Good
I was very interested in that. It is very important to have confidence as well as to build up experience.
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Build Confidence Experience Important Interest Very Well
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
When I drove for British teams… they called me The Tadpole because I was too small to be a frog.
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Call Drove Fog Foreign Small Tadpole Team
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
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
When you win a race like this the feeling is very, very good.
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Feel Good Race Very Win
It’s always better to speak the language of the team. Not only for the direct contact with everyone.
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Always Better Contact Direct Everyone Language Speak Team
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
Some Italians are geniuses, but you have to find a balance.
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Balance Find Genius Have Some Country
So in fact the only thing you can judge in this sport is the long term. You can judge a career or a season, but not one race.
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Career Fact Judge Long Race Season Sport Term Thing
I was looking at the history of the sport and I couldn’t understand why there have been so many good South American drivers, especially Brazilians.
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Country Driver Good History Look Many Sport Understand
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

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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