I simply scraped together all my experience and put it into the sport.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEYou might have asked [about skill] of an artist or a musician or whatever… but with me it just happens.
More Bernie Ecclestone Quotes
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[Donald] Trump would want to cosy up to him for sure, and he’d be right to do that. Which would be good for the world.
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If somebody says, “You like putting out fires,” and I say, “It’s not a case of liking it, but I do put them out, and if there aren’t fires left I make them, so I can put them out.” It’s what we do.
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It’d be good for the world if [Donald Trump] won.
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I’ve never told anybody this, so I don’t know if maybe you shouldn’t print it, but I’ve made plans. I’m only going to continue doing this for another 25 years.
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I suppose it’s knowing when you’ve come up with an idea that works, when you’ve got it right, whatever it is.
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If you’re going to take the attitude, I don’t think it will work, you will never do anything.
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Before they go to the race, people want to think four or five guys could win, but now… Normally you’d say, “One of those two, and I think it’s going to be Lewis [Hamiltom],” because that’s what had been proved up to now – thank God that Nico [Rosberg] has won some races.
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You can’t make decisions if there are no charges or issues to deal with. So it’s quite normal to wait until there is some reason to react.
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Under the engine cover, no one cares what’s in there. Nobody cares.
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I have always been happy to have daughters rather than sons. You never really can be mad at girls for anything in life.
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I have no regrets about the amount of work I put into the sport. This is what I needed to do with my life.
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I always thought that dads in the old days where rather macho types who wouldn’t get close to a baby, let alone change nappies.
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Take away Toto Wolff’s Mercedes shirt and send Sebastian [Vettel] down a street – nobody would recognize him.
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If we didn’t have Nico [Rosberg] and Lewis [Hamilton] in those cars – there’s one or two guys down the field who in those cars would have delivered the same.
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If you say ‘Good Morning’ in America and it’s five past twelve you end up with a lawsuit.
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You’re born with certain gifts and you use them as best you can in life. You begin to learn and recognize that you have certain skills and aptitudes that you apply and use them to carry you forward.
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[Donald] Trump, I think, is the sort of guy that if he maybe thought he’d made a little bit of a mistake, would find a way out, he wouldn’t want to say, “Well, that’s what I’ve done and I’m sticking to it, and I don’t give a damn.” Which is what the other people in America would be like.
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I won’t be threatened or intimidated by anyone and I’ve always been prepared to do what is necessary to defend my interests.
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Anyone who doesn’t speak English isn’t worth speaking to
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I am happy that we have somebody like Lewis [Hamilton]. I also couldn’t be like Lewis. I don’t like gold jewelry!
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I never neglected my daughters – quite the opposite – but I suppose I could have and should have spent more time with them.
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I have earned the money and changed the nappies!
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People want to build new circuits around the world and they say: ‘We’ll come to Silverstone and have a look how it’s done’, and I tell them to stay away.
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Nico [Rosberg] is not seeking the limelight as Lewis [Hamilton] does. Lewis wants to be famous.
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I was delighted with Baku. People said I was completely mad; I was so happy when it all turned out all right.
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Women should be all dressed in white like all the other domestic appliances.
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