The people who criticise you will not be the ones taking care of your legs when you are in your wheelchair.
ALAIN PROSTThat 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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Do you know, why I really love my helmet that much? Because it makes me 15 centimetres taller!
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Sometimes I think I could have got some better results if I had a different mentality.
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I like the mentality of the Americans. It’s like when you talk about money.
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I have no problem with the people who work hard to get success. But I think people are very jealous about success.
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Some Italians are geniuses, but you have to find a balance.
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I have had some problems because the French don’t like people to have success, they don’t like the number one.
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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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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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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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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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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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I think maybe the English don’t want to try something and look stupid, because they are a bit reserved.
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Sometimes it also helps you to understand the mentality of the people in the team a bit better.
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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.
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People who never drove a car in these conditions, they just don’t know.
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