I would have to go back to '78, '79 and 1980, when I was go-kart driving and was team mate to Fullerton, he was very experienced and I enjoyed very much that driving with him because he was fast, he was consistent, he was for me a very complete driver.

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If a person has no dreams, they no longer have any reason to live. Dreaming is necessary, although in the dream reality should be glimpsed. For me this is a principle of life.

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

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As soon as you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high.

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I believe that we start to see our true personalities when we go through the most difficult moments. This is when we get stronger

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I am not designed to come second or third. I am designed to win.

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Whoever you are, no matter what social position you have, rich or poor, always show great strength and determination, and always do everything with much love and deep faith in God. One day

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The main thing is to be yourself. Many times its through a mistake that you learn. And the main thing is to make sure you learn through your mistakes and get better.

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Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose.

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With regard to performance, commitment, effort, dedication, there is no middle ground. Or you do something very well or not at all.

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I want to live fully, very intensely. I would never want to live partially, suffering from illness or injury. If I ever happen to have an accident that eventually costs my life, I hope it happens in one instant.

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Pure driving, pure racing, that´s what makes me happy.

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Wealthy men can't live in an island that is encircled by poverty. We all breathe the same air. We must give a chance to everyone, at least a basic chance.

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The past is just data. I only see the future.

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The main thing is to be yourself and not allow people to disturb you to be different, because they want you to be different. You gotta be yourself. Many times you throw a mistake due to your own personality or your own character or from interference that you get along the way then you learn, and the main thing is to learn from your mistakes and get better.

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You commit yourself to such a level where there is no compromise. You give everything you have, everything, absolutely everything.

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When you're not happy, you need to be strong to change, resisting the temptation of turning back. The weak goes nowhere

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If you have God on your side, everything becomes clear.

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I have no idols. I admire work, dedication and competence.

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By being a racing driver you are under risk all the time. By being a racing driver means you are racing with other people. And if you no longer go for a gap that exists, you are no longer a racing driver because we are competing, we are competing to win. And the main motivation to all of us is to compete for victory, it's not to come 3rd, 4th, 5th or 6th. I race to win as long as I feel it's possible. Sometimes you get it wrong? Sure, it's impossible to get it right all the time. But I race designed to win, as long as I feel I'm doing it right.

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We are made of emotions, we are all looking for emotions, it's only a question of finding the way to experience them.

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