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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

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
It’s not too good to have this attitude in F1. It could be a disadvantage.
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Attitude Disadvantage Good
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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Country Number One People Problem Some Success
Maybe I am not French, maybe I am from nowhere.
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Country Maybe Nowhere
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
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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Another Hate Important Part Race Success
People who never drove a car in these conditions, they just don’t know.
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Car Condition Drove never People Unaware
Without going to what I think is my limit. I always say that my ideal is to get pole with the minimum effort, and to win the race at the slowest speed possible.
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Always Effort Go Ideal Limit Minimum Pole Possible Race Say Speed Think Win
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
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
I don’t like to go over curbs, because I don’t want to be hard on the car.
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Car Curb Go Hard Over Want
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
I think maybe the English don’t want to try something and look stupid, because they are a bit reserved.
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Bit English Maybe Reserve Something Stupid Think
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
In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place.
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Finish Four Place Seventh Three Time
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

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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