Quotes and One Liners

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Alesi is in second place, and Hill is in second place.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

There's enough Ferraris here to eat a plate of spaghetti.

Jackie Stewart

Scottish auto racer

Auto racing Sports Ferraris

Auto racing began five minutes after the second car was built.

Henry Ford

(1863 – 1947) automobile industrialist

I want to be the fastest woman in the world… in a manner of speaking.

Shirley Muldowney

American woman drag racer

Auto racing Sports Women

Driving a race car is like dancing with a chainsaw.

Cale Yarborough

American auto racer

Finishing second means you are the first driver to lose.

Gilles Villeneuve

(1950 – 1982) Canadian racing driver

Auto racing Sports Competition Losing

At 180 mph, when your front wheel wants to play pogo stick, you don't do nothing. You don't sneeze, you don't hiccup, you don't even breathe. All you do is point it and hang on.

Kenny Roberts

American motorcycle racer

Auto racing Sports Speed

Racing is 99 per cent boredom and one per cent terror.

Geoff Brabham

Australian auto racer

A mediocre season for Nelson Piquet as he is now known and always has been.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Auto racing Sports Of race driver Michael Shumacher

What you’ve got to remember about Michael is that under that cold professional Germanic exterior beats a heart of stone.

Damon Hill

British auto racer

Cale Yarborough would have to call a service station to get a tire changed, but he's as good as anyone who ever drove a race car.

Buddy Baker

American auto racer

Auto racing Sports Cale Yarborough

Nigel Mansell is the only man who goes to Nick Faldo for charisma lessons.

Nick Hancock

English actor & television personality

Auto racing Insults Sports Charisma Of British auto racer Nigel Mansell

We now have exactly the same situation as we had at the start of the race, only exactly the opposite.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Winning is everything. The only ones who remember you when you come second are your wife and your dog.

Damon Hill

British auto racer

Auto racing Sports Winning

I got hit in the head pretty hard. My clock ran backwards for two years.

Buddy Baker

American auto racer

As you look at the first four, the significant thing is that Alboreto is fifth.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

It is necessary to relax your muscles when you can; relaxing your brain is fatal.

Stirling Moss

(1929 – ) English race car driver

Calling upon my years of experience, I froze at the controls.

Stirling Moss

(1929 – ) English race car driver

In my sport the quick are too often listed among the dead.

Jackie Stewart

Scottish auto racer