The years I raced in were fantastic. There was so much change in the cars. We went from treaded tyres to no wings right through to slicks to enormous wings.

It is not always possible to be the best, but it is always possible to improve your own performance.

Cornering perfectly is like bringing a woman to climax.

Oh yes. It's not when you brake but when you take them off that counts. Most people don't understand that.

There is no doubt that Formula 1 has the best risk management of any sport and any industry in the world.

Nobody's perfect, but all of us can be better than we are.

In my sport, the quick are too often listed among the dead

Sometimes you need to ease off in order to go faster

Juan Fangio was the great man of racing, whilst Stirling Moss was the epitome of a racing driver.

It takes leadership to improve safety.

There's enough Ferraris here to eat a plate of spaghetti.

My dear girl, is it that you are so lonely that you had to create this?

I'll love you with all the madness in my soul.

Today is your day to paint life in bold colors

I never had any idea that I would have a career quite honestly. You never really have any idea what is going to happen. You have an idea of what you would like to happen.

If you can only be happy with other people - and not alone - you are not a very happy person

Nowadays beautiful women are counted among the talents of their husbands.

Parry Otter, the Chosen Boy Who - well - something of that sort.

I was born in the breezes, and I had studied the sea as perhaps few men have studied it, neglecting all else.

the purpose of foreign policy is to persuade others to do what we want or, better yet, to want what we want.

The saving of the Jews in Europe did not figure at the head of the list of priorities of the ruling class. It was the foundation of the State which was primordial in their eyes.