I can’t remember a single occasion when I have been kind to a journalist.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEActually 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.
More Bernie Ecclestone Quotes
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Before they go to the race, people want to think four or five guys could win, but now… Normally you’d say, “One of those two, and I think it’s going to be Lewis [Hamiltom],” because that’s what had been proved up to now – thank God that Nico [Rosberg] has won some races.
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Take away Toto Wolff’s Mercedes shirt and send Sebastian [Vettel] down a street – nobody would recognize him.
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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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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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With [Vladimir] Putin, he says he’s going to do something, he gets on it, does it.
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As 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].
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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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My daughters have strong personalities. I’m close to them but they don’t really need me to advise them on how to manage their lives and they don’t ask me to do that.
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A wise man who was always helpful to me: Mr (Enzo) Ferrari. He always supported me.
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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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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 think the way I do things would be difficult to teach somebody to do. They need to get another good used car dealer. That’s what they need. Find a good car dealer.
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Two races we’ve lost which I’m genuinely upset about were India and Turkey.
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[Maurizio Arrivabene is quite a character] but only for himself and not for Formula One.
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I’d rather get to the 70-year-old guy who’s got plenty of cash.
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