Quotes About Progress

Looking back, my life seems like one long obstacle race, with me as the chief obstacle.

At the time I was asked if I would ever step back in a race car, but what was very important for me was to go into the bathroom and pee on my own, but I could not do that. I had to be helped. That was my number one priority.

How nations and races of men are to be so governed as may be most conducive to the improvement and happiness of all is one of the most interesting questions that can be offered to our consideration.

I need to find a way to improve my qualifying performances because then I think my races will be even better.

I've lost a lot more races than I've ever won... it's all part of the journey, really.

An idealist is ahead of his time only in the sense that he is articulate. The same is true of a nation. For even primitive people, even effete races have a message for those above or below them. The heritage of the Ideal, however small can not be exhausted.

From 1865 to 1965, my race, the black race, was one of the most competitive, entrepreneurial, Christian, moral races in our country. We had the highest percentage of entrepreneurs in the country, the highest percentage of marriage in the country.

I think that TV and film are very important mediums to show what people of all races, ethnicities, sexual orientations can do, and I think that, as women, we are still in the process of proving what we can do, what we can accomplish, and who we are.

How many points, how many races you can win, how many times you be on the podium. That's the name of the game.

I've won five races as a pro and become European champion in time-trial. I'm growing stronger as a person and as an athlete. I really didn't believe I could do this in my first year as a pro.

Early in the season, you're going into races feeling confident because you've done the work and that confidence gives you an extra five or 10 per cent.

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.

Even when we've been winning, we still look at things that we could have done better, whether it be on the racetrack, on pit road, just little things to maximize our day.

I saw Lotus F1 racing as the best choice for me to progress my career, after considering several other options that were available to me.

I'm racing against me. As long as I come across the finish, I'll be okay.

Racing is full of 'what-ifs.' Like anything else in life, you learn from your mistakes and move on to the next challenge.

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.

If instead of completely focusing on what you are doing, you are racing ahead to something shinier or to the next best thing, you will not develop excellence.

I think with racing, you never stop improving. If you want to improve, you will.

People have different ideas on how to increase female racing driver participation. My belief is that men and women should compete together.

We'll always focus on making our racing safer and more competitive than ever before. We'll never stop working on that.

You can't really learn, not in car racing. You have to make your own mistakes.

The pulse of the youth is racing towards liberalization. And I'm truly loving it.

I think every driver wants to make an impact in racing at any division they run on the way up.