If somebody says, “You like putting out fires,” and I say, “It’s not a case of liking it, but I do put them out, and if there aren’t fires left I make them, so I can put them out.” It’s what we do.
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!
More Bernie Ecclestone Quotes
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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.
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Waiters are like hookers, never around when you want them.
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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.
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I have earned the money and changed the nappies!
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If you’re going to take the attitude, I don’t think it will work, you will never do anything.
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I have no regrets about the amount of work I put into the sport. This is what I needed to do with my life.
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It’s not as easy as that… it’s disappointing to think that all these countries spend a lot of money trying to get the Olympics.
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When there is more money at stake it affects the atmosphere and things become more businesslike.
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I can’t remember a single occasion when I have been kind to a journalist.
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If I feel like something’s gonna be right, I invest in it, whatever it is.
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I’m a dealer. That’s exactly right. I’m a used car dealer.
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Nico [Rosberg] is not seeking the limelight as Lewis [Hamilton] does. Lewis wants to be famous.
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Actually I think I have forgotten how it was back then. Or probably not – I didn’t qualify. There were only 16 cars in the race.
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With [Vladimir] Putin, he says he’s going to do something, he gets on it, does it.
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[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.
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