You need to have proper management if you’re going to move forward.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEYou need to have proper management if you’re going to move forward.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEI suppose it’s knowing when you’ve come up with an idea that works, when you’ve got it right, whatever it is.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEI’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.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEIf I feel like something’s gonna be right, I invest in it, whatever it is.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEI was delighted with Baku. People said I was completely mad; I was so happy when it all turned out all right.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEI always thought that dads in the old days where rather macho types who wouldn’t get close to a baby, let alone change nappies.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEAs I small child and hearing all the stories about him I, of course, looked up to him as some kind of miracle. Then I got to eight years old and suddenly I was taller than [Bernie Ecclestone].
BERNIE ECCLESTONEI have always been happy to have daughters rather than sons. You never really can be mad at girls for anything in life.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEYou can’t compare eras. But drivers of each era adapt to the needs and climate of their time. There are good and bad points to every era of the sport. I’m not really nostalgic about the past.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEI think we don’t need some people in Brussels trying to run countries that are some distance apart, who don’t speak the same language, don’t eat the same food. There’s a bit of difference between, Holland, if you like, and Italy.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEEach new deal is another opportunity.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEOur sport is ruled whether it’s for good and bad, or whatever, for technical things. There’s lots of teams out there that could and should have done better if they’d have had technical things. I suppose in the end that basically revolves around how much money they’re gonna get.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEAnyone who doesn’t speak English isn’t worth speaking to
BERNIE ECCLESTONEWaiters are like hookers, never around when you want them.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEI’m a dealer. That’s exactly right. I’m a used car dealer.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEI’d rather the handshake for somebody that I can trust than a contract. Because you can read the bloody contract – perhaps if you made a little bit of a mistake writing it – in a way to suit you.
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