Racing Quotes

"If you no longer go for a gap that exists, you are no longer a racing driver."

Ayrton Senna

"And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further."

Ayrton Senna

“A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more.”

“No one will ever win a 5,000-metre by running an easy two miles. Not against me.”

“Something inside of me just said, "Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him," and I just took off.”

“A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they're capable of understanding.”

“I've been in international competition, and now I know what the big boys can do. You don't go out and just run. There's an offence and a defence.”

“It's hard to run a mile when you're not a miler and to kick when you've led all the way.”

“I want to rely on my gut feeling. Isn't that what made great race drivers in the end?”

“That's what I enjoy, always driving on the limit of what you can do.”

“Overtaking is one thing. That is an art. But defending as well. You should be able to defend your position.”

“If you are not allowed to defend, what's racing about, then?”

“When you are behind someone, you know after a few laps where they are weaker and stronger. You try to position yourself in the best possible way to attack them at a point they don't expect.”

“Sometimes it's better to come through from, say, last to eighth than staying eighth, and you've qualified eighth!”

“As racing drivers, you always have those moments that it gets a bit heated, but then you start from zero again.”