Damon Hill Professions : Racing driver Born : September 17, 1960 Browse All Authors Top 27 quotes by Damon Hill Winning is everything. The only ones who remember you when you come second are your wife and your dog. Damon Hill dog motivational inspirational You should never feel comfortable. There is something wrong if you are. You should always feel under threat, on the edge of your seat and pushing yourself. Win one and you want to win more. It's never-ending. Damon Hill athlete winning want After you've had Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna as team-mates you don't give a **** who the next bloke is Damon Hill next team giving People ask me to describe myself, but it's a very personal thing. You don't feel comfortable. Damon Hill athlete sports people If I am pushed I will push back, that is the way I am. I am very British. We don't like to be pushed around. When the chips are down we might have to step into grey areas. Damon Hill athlete might sports I try to keep myself on an even keel by trying to be as critical of myself as I am of other people. I try to separate my performance from myself. Damon Hill athlete trying people To be honest, I think for part of my late teens my character didn't really develop very much. I was in a state of cold storage. Damon Hill athlete sports character I am a brush, the car is my track and the artist my canvas Damon Hill car track artist There are a lot of factors in the life of an F1 driver which can combine to make you believe that you are somehow above normality. I think that is a mistake to start believing that. But, at the same time, it is important to be confident. Damon Hill mistake sports believe I am very much aware that if I am getting good press at the moment I could just as easily be getting bad press. I cannot have the good and forget the bad. You have to accept it both ways. Damon Hill athlete forget way I had a lot of time to think, and that is not good for your mind. And when it actually happened, it was not so much a celebration but the relief. It was an exorcism anxiety. After each race there is a procedure in which you get taken off to the podium and the TV interviews. Damon Hill taken athlete sports Some books claim I have already clocked up a century of Grands Prix, but let me put the record straight. Australia will be my 100th start, and I aim to mark the milestone with a cracking performance. It could even be celebrated with a victory. Damon Hill athlete sports book The sport would not survive today if drivers were being killed at the rate they were in the 1960s and '70s. It would have been taken off the air. It is beamed into people's living rooms on Sunday afternoons, with children watching. Damon Hill taken sports children Last year was a lifetime, a whole career in one season. We went from being the dregs to winners. Damon Hill careers athlete years I have always liked a challenge. Damon Hill athlete challenges sports If I am treated fairly, I like to do things in a fair manner. That is the way I have been all my career. I haven't tried to do things in an underhanded way. Damon Hill careers athlete way I am surprised people took so long to pick up on the fact that my contract expires at the end of this year. Eddie has to decide who he wants to drive, so there is no secret anywhere. I am not concerned. It does not sit with my objectives to be competitive. Damon Hill athlete sports years I am not allowing myself to get carried away. Damon Hill allowing carried-away athlete The problem comes when you say that danger is part of the equation. Then you don't do any more work on safety. That shouldn't happen. Damon Hill safety problem athlete It was five years since I'd won a race, so I was a bit bewildered. Damon Hill athlete sports years Similar Authors Buddy Rice racing-driver Brian Redman racing-driver Allan McNish racing-driver Andy Granatelli racing-driver Alex Zanardi racing-driver Alberto Ascari racing-driver All Authors
