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.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEI 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.
More Bernie Ecclestone Quotes
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Generally 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.
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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 have a lot of faith in justice systems around the world even though there were cases in the past where that faith wasn’t justified in some countries.
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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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If I feel like something’s gonna be right, I invest in it, whatever it is.
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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’d be good for the world if [Donald Trump] won.
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I have 100 percent confidence in the German judicial system.
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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 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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Anyone who doesn’t speak English isn’t worth speaking to
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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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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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Don’t forget I started looking at China a long time before any of those races happened. I always thought go east, not west.
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