I never neglected my daughters – quite the opposite – but I suppose I could have and should have spent more time with them.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEGenerally 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.
More Bernie Ecclestone Quotes
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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 believe when you say you’re going to start a race at 2 p.m. then you should stick to that and start the race at 2 p.m. There’s no maybe, could be or should be. You start the race on time. It’s very simple.
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If I feel like something’s gonna be right, I invest in it, whatever it is.
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Anyone who doesn’t speak English isn’t worth speaking to
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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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Take away Toto Wolff’s Mercedes shirt and send Sebastian [Vettel] down a street – nobody would recognize him.
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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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Waiters are like hookers, never around when you want them.
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Two races we’ve lost which I’m genuinely upset about were India and Turkey.
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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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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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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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[Maurizio Arrivabene is quite a character] but only for himself and not for Formula One.
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Nico [Rosberg] is not seeking the limelight as Lewis [Hamilton] does. Lewis wants to be famous.
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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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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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I have earned the money and changed the nappies!
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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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I simply scraped together all my experience and put it into the sport.
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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’d rather get to the 70-year-old guy who’s got plenty of cash.
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I am happy that we have somebody like Lewis [Hamilton]. I also couldn’t be like Lewis. I don’t like gold jewelry!
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I’m a dealer. That’s exactly right. I’m a used car dealer.
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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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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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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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