Quotes from Lewis Hamilton

I'm no less focused than any of my peers. They live a different life. They go home; they are not pictured at events. I train just as much as them, maybe more.

My dad wanted me to have a better life than he had ever had. He wanted us to succeed so badly. And I never wanted to let him down.

I want to crush everyone. I want to outsmart everyone.

When I was a kid and Christmas was coming up, my dad would ask me what I wanted, and I always said a motorbike. I kept asking for one, and he said it was too dangerous and bought me a go-kart instead.

Sure every driver has his value and you want to be respected... but again money is not something that drives me.

There's so much more power, so you're short-shifting all the way down into fifth, sixth, seventh before you can get the full throttle. But great fun otherwise.

I'm definitely conscious of time. I already waste so much of it, just on a flight. I look back to when I was 13, and I wish I had stuck with my piano studies.

I started watching Formula 1 with my dad when I was just four or five years old. I loved cars.

I'm keen on hiking. And in Monaco, I also like water skiing, wakeboarding, and jet-skiing, which are all pretty good for your arms, legs, and core stability.

The way I drive, the way I handle a car, is an expression of my inner feelings.

I don't aspire to be like other drivers - I aspire to be unique in my own way.

There have been some ups and downs. I've not always had it my own way. That's the way racing is supposed to be.

I love all of the Marvel comics movies.

If I don't travel, if I stay at home for a week, I would go out of my mind. That is just the way I am. I love to be on the move, and I am fortunate that I have friends all over the world.

I listen to music before every race. Generally, there will be a song I'll get into over the weekend, and I play it all weekend, particularly when I'm getting ready for a race.

I think every single win, every single pole has felt new and different in its own way. I've not got bored of it.

I feel equal to Mexicans, Asians, everyone. That's the kind of positive message I want to get out.

When you get out of the car after the feeling that you have after leading the race, and the car fails, it's pretty hard to say positive things all the time.

My job is to get into the car and drive as fast and as well as possible.

It takes me forever to read a book. I have such a small attention span.

Sometimes it takes time to find people in the sport who share the same opinions and approach to racing as me.

I'm an extremist so I'm either hated or loved. I think it's down to when I first got to Formula One not always knowing what I was saying, saying things that mean one thing but people were taking the other way and then people don't forget.

In racing there are always things you can learn, every single day. There is always space for improvement, and I think that applies to everything in life.

My immediate family are from the West Indies - from Trinidad and Grenada - and I have relatives all over the Caribbean.