Quotes About Competition

Formula One is one of the biggest and most competitive sports in the world and our desire is to get back to be giving Mercedes a hard time and winning races and championships.

My sister, Kelly, was really bright and academic. She was head girl of the school and at the top of her year. Because we were so different, we were never in competition. You can't be when you're almost running two different races.

If I'm winning races, it means I'm doing a good job. I've put down a marker now, against drivers with a lot more experience of the car than me. This is not going to be a one-off.

Running had become such an obsession that even when asleep, I would run races in my dreams.

I was a drag racer. And even though I don't drag race, we still go to all the races.

I have been going from one racetrack to another for years, since I was 14.

Making movies is just like betting on horses at the racetrack.

Richmond is just the ideal racetrack.

My dad took me to the racetrack for the first time when I was 2 or 3... Anything with a motor, that was in my blood.

I always said when I was in Late Models, all I ever wanted was when I pull out on the racetrack, people feel like I'm the guy to beat.

The goal is not to count medals, it's just racing the best I can.

I hate losing. It doesn't matter if it's racing or playing Ping-Pong - I hate it.

I've always had a fascination with cars and racing, not that I've ever competed.

The era of gentleman racing drivers is ended.

In NASCAR, you don't have to be as physically strong as in some other forms of racing. You've just got to be able to endure the heat and endurance of it.

I think as a 20-year-old you expect life to always be easy. You get given a good hand and the chance to race in Formula One. You think the driver can make the difference, can make up for everything else within the team. But that is not the case. You are racing in such a competitive sport so that doesn't happen.

There is no place for arrogance or complacency in racing because you are up there one minute and on your backside the next.

If you think about racing too much you may just lose it a little bit.

Racing can still be good even though you don't push others off the track.

Drift racing is expensive.

I will drive flat out all the time. I love racing.

But to personally satisfy my own adrenalin needs, I've been racing cars a little bit, which has been fun.

When I was a kid I was only interested in going fast and I still love that feeling of speed. But when you start to go racing, it's winning that's important.

In racing you're not going to win every week, and we understand that.