The people who criticise you will not be the ones taking care of your legs when you are in your wheelchair.
ALAIN PROSTSometimes I think I could have got some better results if I had a different mentality.
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I always work the same way, starting from the beginning of the weekend.
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I work very hard and they don’t appreciate that.
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Maybe I am not French, maybe I am from nowhere.
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So in fact the only thing you can judge in this sport its the longterm. You can judge a career or a season, but not one race.
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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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I was very interested in that. It is very important to have confidence as well as to build up experience.
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When I look fast, I’m not smooth and I am going slowly. And when I look slow, I am smooth and going fast.
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Does it scare me, driving into nothing at 300kph? – Of course it does – I’m not an idiot.
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When I test I never go right to the limit. Only because when you are below the limit you can go at the same speed all day, and that’s the only way you can be absolutely sure about what you are testing.
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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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Sometimes it also helps you to understand the mentality of the people in the team a bit better.
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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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When I drove for British teams… they called me The Tadpole because I was too small to be a frog.
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I’m brave to say that I won’t take this sort of risk.
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In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place.
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