If you say ‘Good Morning’ in America and it’s five past twelve you end up with a lawsuit.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEI can’t remember a single occasion when I have been kind to a journalist.
More Bernie Ecclestone Quotes
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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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Under the engine cover, no one cares what’s in there. Nobody cares.
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You need to have proper management if you’re going to move forward.
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A wise man who was always helpful to me: Mr (Enzo) Ferrari. He always supported me.
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[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!
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I have always been happy to have daughters rather than sons. You never really can be mad at girls for anything in 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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You might have asked [about skill] of an artist or a musician or whatever… but with me it just happens.
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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.
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I always thought that dads in the old days where rather macho types who wouldn’t get close to a baby, let alone change nappies.
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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.
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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.
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I never neglected my daughters – quite the opposite – but I suppose I could have and should have spent more time with them.
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Generally I still believe that Lewis [Hamilton] is the best champion that we have had in a long, long time. He manages to get to all different walks of life: red carpet, fashion business, and music – you name it.
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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.
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