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.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEI 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.
More Bernie Ecclestone Quotes
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I was delighted with Baku. People said I was completely mad; I was so happy when it all turned out all right.
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Waiters are like hookers, never around when you want them.
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If we didn’t have Nico [Rosberg] and Lewis [Hamilton] in those cars – there’s one or two guys down the field who in those cars would have delivered the same.
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I also would rather race than strut red carpets in Hollywood – and thank God this is not my job – but also the team principals should be more prominent.
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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 think in the end officials in each country’s judicial system will do what they believe is right because if they do something bad to somebody it’s on their conscience for the rest of their lives.
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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 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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I’d rather the handshake for somebody that I can trust than a contract. Because you can read the bloody contract – perhaps if you made a little bit of a mistake writing it – in a way to suit you.
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I suppose it’s knowing when you’ve come up with an idea that works, when you’ve got it right, whatever it is.
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You can’t compare eras. But drivers of each era adapt to the needs and climate of their time. There are good and bad points to every era of the sport. I’m not really nostalgic about the past.
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I was always determined that races should begin on time and I never deviated from that policy.
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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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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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