It's not too good to have this attitude in F1. It could be a disadvantage. Alain Prost More Quotes by Alain Prost More Quotes From Alain Prost When I look fast, I'm not smooth and I am going slowly. And when I look slow, I am smooth and going fast. Alain Prost motor-racing race motivational Without going to what I think is my limit. I always say that my ideal is to get pole with the minimum effort, and to win the race at the slowest speed possible. Alain Prost race winning thinking Sometimes I think I could have got some better results if I had a different mentality; if I could have pushed hard and attacked. But then I would have had a good chance of making a mistake. Alain Prost different mistake thinking I always work the same way, starting from the beginning of the weekend, so I know at the beginning of the race, from all that I have analysed during the practice, whether I will win the race or not. Alain Prost weekend practice winning I have no problem with the people who work hard to get success. But I think people are very jealous about success. I work very hard and they don't appreciate that. Alain Prost jealous hard-work thinking Do you know, why I really love my helmet that much? Because it makes me 15 centimetres taller! Alain Prost helmet do-you-know knows Does it scare me, driving into nothing at 300kph? - Of course it does - I'm not an idiot. Alain Prost driving scare doe The people who criticise you will not be the ones taking care of your legs when you are in your wheelchair. People who never drove a car in these conditions, they just don't know. Alain Prost legs car people When I test I never go right to the limit. Only because when you are below the limit you can go at the same speed all day, and that's the only way you can be absolutely sure about what you are testing. Alain Prost tests limits way When you win a race like this the feeling is very, very good. Alain Prost race winning feelings It's always better to speak the language of the team. Not only for the direct contact with everyone - sometimes it also helps you to understand the mentality of the people in the team a bit better. Alain Prost team helping people You can't always have the best team. It's always a compromise. Alain Prost building compromise team When I drove for British teams... they called me The Tadpole because I was too small to be a frog. Alain Prost tadpoles frogs team When you win a race like this the feeling is very, very good. There have been times when I have been flat-out to finish sixth, but you can't see that from the outside. In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place. I pushed like mad, yet everyone was gathered around the winner and they were thinking that I was just trundling around. But that's motor racing. So in fact the only thing you can judge in this sport is the long term. You can judge a career or a season, but not one race. Alain Prost winning sports thinking I'm brave to say that I won't take this sort of risk. Alain Prost risk brave bravery You want to have fun but you also want to work well. Sometimes I was quite happy at Ferrari, because we would have fun, but then they could not stop having fun and go back to the real work. Alain Prost ferrari real fun I don't like to go over curbs, because I don't want to be hard on the car. Alain Prost curb car want In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place. Alain Prost finished four three People don't understand that it was maybe my biggest pleasure to drive an F1 car when it's wet. Alain Prost car pleasure people A German team could be quite good. But maybe they are a little bit too convinced that they are the best. Alain Prost best-team teamwork littles
