Quotes from Lance Stroll

You always want someone pushing you all the time who is competitive and at the top of their game so you can become a better driver.

I think I've done a fair bit of my talking on the track over the course of the years, leading up to Formula One and Formula One.

I never really looked at Formula One like that was the long-term goal. I obviously dreamed, and my aspirations were to get to Formula One, but I really started thinking about it in Formula 3 at 16, 17 years old, and I saw that it was right in front of me.

I still have my life outside of Formula One. It has always been the same.

Williams has a long history of nurturing young drivers at the start of their F1 careers.

I won championships and races and earned my super-licence to get to Formula One. Of course, I was very fortunate to be in the position I was in, but at the same time, I delivered.

I love racing.

I have had this opportunity to go on a journey and experience the ride of racing cars, of different championships around the world, go-karts, F3, F4, and now F1. It's been so amazing to be able to experience that. There have been bad days, good days, and it's been a great ride.

Don't get me wrong: I've had a lot of fortune, to come where I've come from, to be able to move to Europe, to go racing. But I had that fortune behind me. I grabbed it with both hands, and I made the best of it.

To the general public, it's the nature of the sport that it's a car-dominant sport.

If the car is capable of finishing eighth, then I want to get the most out of the car and put it eighth. If the car is only capable of finishing 13th to start the year, then that has to be our goal.

Money can't buy wins.

I like the beach in the summer and the mountains in the winter.

I love Greece. It's really cool in the summer.

I think Formula One is - there's a lot of differences from track to track, grip levels, tyre compound, so you always have to press the reset button and work from scratch again.

You want to focus on the fans and on the positive energy that you receive from them.

The haters will always hate.

There are people who are hating you more because of where you are coming from. People like the 'he comes from nothing and made it to F1' story. I know that, but I just do my thing; I focus on my job.

I believe I have earned my shot in F1. I have won F3, and we all know F3 is a very high level.

Around 16 years old, when I was in Formula 3 and looking at potential options for the future, that's when I realized that Formula One was in the picture. But to be honest, I really just took it year by year throughout my karting years and stuff.

The facts prove I deserve to be where I am, and no one can take that away from me, regardless of where I come from.

My job remains the same, regardless of who is on the other side of the garage.

In F1, nobody is here to help you, and you have to make your place, and that is done by everyone individually.

I don't really listen to Jacques Villeneuve anymore.