Quotes About Determination

I have never been ready 100% even when I have been racing on my, let's say, gold times.

Coming to new environments, people look at you and think, 'what's this blonde lady doing, she thinks she can drive a racing car.' But you work hard, keep your head down and show that you're actually capable.

I am so competitive I cannot imagine myself without a racing car.

I have never been ready 100% even when I was racing in my gold times.

It is not that I lost my biggest passion - it is still racing.

Racing's in my blood. My mum met my dad when she went to buy her first motorbike in his shop.

Do I care about what men say at the race track? No, not at all. I've always said I race for me, because I love racing. I don't race to prove a point about how well a woman can do against men on the track.

I'm simply trying to go as far as I can go in racing.

Racing is work, so that's not a hobby.

I obviously hope that I can continue my career with McLaren but that might not be possible and if it isn't possible then I need to continue racing.

I love racing, I love racing everything really - karts, anything - so I do need to keep doing that. But the focus is on Formula One.

People wonder where I get my aggressiveness. Since I was 8 I've been racing that way.

I'm competitive in everything I do. And that started young. Heck, I started racing bicycles when I was 3.

The competitor within craves to get going, to get racing.

I've never had any issues with racism or racist people at the track for as long as I've been racing in NASCAR. All of that stuff that has happened to my face took place when I was coming up. And a lot of what I get now on social media is 13- and 14-year-old kids just trying to act tough. Well, I'll call them out.

I thought I'd become a welder if my racing career ended.

Because I hate to lose. I've always had that instilled in me since I was a child. Racing. A game. You want to be in first place every time.

I love the buzz of racing and being competitive and trying to push myself to be the best that I can be.

I always love racing the 100 fly, it has just always been an event that I enjoy.

I like that, to possibly be the guy to make Chip Ganassi Racing a championship team year in and year out.

I don't want to be a disabled guy racing against others - I want to be a disabled guy beating them.

The playoffs are like nothing else. The intensity is off the meat rack and I'm looking forward to going back.

Basically I started playing double handed on both my forehand and backhand side because my first racket was very heavy.

Rafael Nadal, I see no demons in him. None. Unless he picks up the racket with his right hand.