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Bernie Ecclestone

[When I’ll be old I see myself] as a world champion, on a big farm with an Italian-style, big family with a whole bunch of grandchildren. And the foundations for that I have already laid!
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Champion Grandchildren Italian
Don’t forget I started looking at China a long time before any of those races happened. I always thought go east, not west.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Long Race West
I can’t remember a single occasion when I have been kind to a journalist.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Journalist Kind Remember
Waiters are like hookers, never around when you want them.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Hoojkers Waiter Want
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.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Made Print Years
I was always determined that races should begin on time and I never deviated from that policy.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Determined Race Should
If I feel like something’s gonna be right, I invest in it, whatever it is.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Feels Like Something
I’d rather get to the 70-year-old guy who’s got plenty of cash.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Cash Guy Years
I have 100 percent confidence in the German judicial system.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Confidence Judicial System
Our 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 ECCLESTONE

Lot Sports Team Technical
If you say ‘Good Morning’ in America and it’s five past twelve you end up with a lawsuit.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

America Morning Past
I never neglected my daughters – quite the opposite – but I suppose I could have and should have spent more time with them.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Daughter Opposite Time
I think in the end officials in each country’s judicial system will do what they believe is right because if they do something bad to somebody it’s on their conscience for the rest of their lives.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Believe Country Thinking
[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.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Good Right World
I have earned the money and changed the nappies!
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Changed Money Nappies
I won’t be threatened or intimidated by anyone and I’ve always been prepared to do what is necessary to defend my interests.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Interest Prepared Threatened
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.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Decision Issues Waiting
When people want to built new tracks, they want to look at Silverstone. We don’t want it built like that. It’s quite embarrassing.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Looks People Track
I also would rather race than strut red carpets in Hollywood – and thank God this is not my job – but also the team principals should be more prominent.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Jobs Race Team
Two races we’ve lost which I’m genuinely upset about were India and Turkey.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Country Race Two
Nico [Rosberg] is not seeking the limelight as Lewis [Hamilton] does. Lewis wants to be famous.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Famous Limelight Want
I 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 ECCLESTONE

Country Distance Running
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.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Done Looks People
Anyone who doesn’t speak English isn’t worth speaking to
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

English Speak
It’s the best thing to happen to a sport, that you have a superstar. In football there is always something to write about the Beckhams, same as people want to write about Rooney or Hooney or whatever his bloody name is.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Football Sports Writing
I have a lot of faith in justice systems around the world even though there were cases in the past where that faith wasn’t justified in some countries.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Country Justice Past
Take away Toto Wolff’s Mercedes shirt and send Sebastian [Vettel] down a street – nobody would recognize him.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Shirts Street Vettel

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