Quotes from Daniel Ricciardo

I will be happier if I crash by trying than not trying and running around behind the same guy for 70 laps.

I would like it to be remembered; I would love to be World Champion one day and have my name on the list. That is the real dream - although I am sure it is the dream for pretty much all the Formula 1 drivers.

When you spend time working on something for a time period, and then it doesn't correlate, it decreases in your motivation.

If I win the title, I want to know I was the best guy that year, and to be the best, you've got to go against the best.

I had a very successful 2014, but I have got to keep aiming for bigger and better things, so the world title is my goal.

I don't really cook much to be honest.

In World Series, everything is a bit slower than F1. But each time I sit in the car, whether it is World Series or F1, once I am in the cockpit, I am mentally prepared for what the car is. I don't have to physically drive it to remember what it is doing.

I'm very competitive. If I have to 'turn it on,' I know how to. The switch isn't hard to find, don't worry.

I try to wake up naturally but set an alarm so I don't sleep in too late.

Since I got to F1, and especially since I got to Red Bull Racing, I said, 'I don't want to have any regrets. I've got a chance now in a top team. I want to leave it all on the table.'

To get the Red Bull junior drive was like a massive pressure off... I didn't have to go around asking Mum and Dad to sell their house or ask friends for funding. The instant feeling was, 'Oh wow, amazing.'

I've learned what F1 is like, and it is an extremely competitive sport on and off the track.

I was fascinated by racing as a kid, but no way would I have thought I'd make it into Formula One from here, from being from Perth, racing on little local go-kart tracks, you know.

When I came into Red Bull, everyone thought, 'He's just the happy, nice guy; he's fast, but he can't race hard with these top guys.' That was a reputation I had to dismiss.

People have seen now I am a racer, and I have big intentions in the sport, and I am prepared to get my shoulders out if I need to.

Being an F1 driver is a crazy job but not what everyone expects. My year consists of 20% driving and 80% media, marketing, and travel.

2014 is a year I'll remember for a long time - it was definitely a breakthrough in my mind as well. Standing on the top step of the podium a few times was icing on the cake.

I train five-and-a-half out of seven days and do a combination of exercise.

I top up my endurance with running and cycling because in a race, your heart rate is up at 150, so we have to train at that level.

Singapore is one of my favorite races, and the city is great.

Singing is definitely something I'm not good at. I wish I could be good at it, but that's a skill I definitely don't have.

When I joined Formula One, I knew that what I found is that the cars are so much faster, and it took me a little while to understand where to always put the car.

When you're young, the temptation is maybe to think, 'More is more.' But a lot of the time less is more.

There have been times in my career when people thought I was a pushover, especially as they saw me as this smiley guy.