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.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEBefore 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.
More Bernie Ecclestone Quotes
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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 have earned the money and changed the nappies!
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My dad always took to his heels when a nappy change was necessary. I am so much looking forward to our child. It is such a wonderfully exciting time right now.
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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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I think we don’t need some people in Brussels trying to run countries that are some distance apart, who don’t speak the same language, don’t eat the same food. There’s a bit of difference between, Holland, if you like, and Italy.
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I simply scraped together all my experience and put it into the sport.
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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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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 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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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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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’m a dealer. That’s exactly right. I’m a used car dealer.
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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 was always determined that races should begin on time and I never deviated from that policy.
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[Donald] Trump, I think, is the sort of guy that if he maybe thought he’d made a little bit of a mistake, would find a way out, he wouldn’t want to say, “Well, that’s what I’ve done and I’m sticking to it, and I don’t give a damn.” Which is what the other people in America would be like.
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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’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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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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Each new deal is another opportunity.
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Women should be all dressed in white like all the other domestic appliances.
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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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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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You might have asked [about skill] of an artist or a musician or whatever… but with me it just happens.
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If I feel like something’s gonna be right, I invest in it, whatever it is.
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You have to hope that your opponents are unlucky. Never only rely on your own luck.
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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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