I have so much respect for [Bernie Ecclestone] for what he did with this sport. He did so much more than people in tennis or football.
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].
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I have 100 percent confidence in the German judicial system.
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I can’t remember a single occasion when I have been kind to a journalist.
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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 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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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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If you say ‘Good Morning’ in America and it’s five past twelve you end up with a lawsuit.
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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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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.
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Women should be all dressed in white like all the other domestic appliances.
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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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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.
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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 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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You’re born with certain gifts and you use them as best you can in life. You begin to learn and recognize that you have certain skills and aptitudes that you apply and use them to carry you forward.
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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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