With [Vladimir] Putin, he says he’s going to do something, he gets on it, does it.
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].
More Bernie Ecclestone Quotes
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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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I have 100 percent confidence in the German judicial system.
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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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Forget what others whisper in your ears. Most of that is pure rubbish that obstructs the view to what really is important. Always make your own decisions. That is what makes us human.
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[Maurizio Arrivabene is quite a character] but only for himself and not for Formula One.
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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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I won’t be threatened or intimidated by anyone and I’ve always been prepared to do what is necessary to defend my interests.
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Nico [Rosberg] is not seeking the limelight as Lewis [Hamilton] does. Lewis wants to be famous.
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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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You have to hope that your opponents are unlucky. Never only rely on your own luck.
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I simply scraped together all my experience and put it into the sport.
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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.
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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’d rather get to the 70-year-old guy who’s got plenty of cash.
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I’m a dealer. That’s exactly right. I’m a used car dealer.
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