Simply racing a Formula 1 car is an achievement. Sebastian Vettel More Quotes by Sebastian Vettel More Quotes From Sebastian Vettel There is no reason not to be motivated. You cannot always be the best. But you can do your best. Sebastian Vettel motivated being-the-best reason You can't change what happened. But you can still change what will happen. Sebastian Vettel cant-change happened stills The moment money becomes your motivation, you are immediately not as good as someone who is stimulated by passion and internal will. Sebastian Vettel passion motivation moments When you walk the track and you see a corner and realise you were going round it at 160mph, you wonder who could be so stupid to take a corner at that speed. But in the car, you don't even think about that. Sebastian Vettel car stupid thinking Never lift. Never stop believing. Sebastian Vettel never-stop-believing lifts believe I have one quote I very often read to myself, from a very good friend: 'Forget the people around you now; remember the little boy who was racing in go-karts, what you were dreaming of and what he wanted to achieve one day and what was his goal. Race for him.'. I fell in love with the sport, I love racing. The amount of satisfaction I get just going around in a Formula 1 car makes me smile. So if it is a bad day then you tend to come out and say it's horrible and you don't enjoy. But if you had to pick between that and doing nothing, you would always pick that. Sebastian Vettel bad-day dream sports Sometimes you need to press pause to let everything sink in. Sebastian Vettel pauses sometimes needs I don't care too much what happened in the past. I prefer to focus on what is coming next and I am really looking forward to it. Sebastian Vettel care focus past It's correct that I'm a bad loser. Why should I lie? If I was good at losing I wouldn't be in Formula 1. I think it's more honest to act how you really feel than pretending to be the smiling boy who actually isn't in the mood to smile. Sebastian Vettel boys lying thinking At the end of your life, it's friendships, emotions and thoughts that you take with you, rather than what's in your bank account. So, even though people don't have a lot here, they are a lot richer in many ways and we can learn from that. Sebastian Vettel emotion people way What I admire is people who are grounded and resistant to all kinds of whisperings. Kimi Raikkonen, for example. You may like him or not, but he lives his way. He does the things he has identified as worthy for him and he is not trying to be everybody’s darling. At least he doesn’t give that impression. He is straightforward and honest and he tells you if he has a bad day. Period. He is real. He’s not political. He’s never up to something. If he doesn’t want to tell you something he will say so and not hum and haw. He doesn’t beat around the bush, never coming to the point. Sebastian Vettel bad-day real people All these nice people saying I'm going to be world champion won't make me any faster, you have to believe it yourself. Sebastian Vettel nice believe people I come from an ordinary family - my dad is a carpenter, a roof-maker - and we've always loved racing together. Sebastian Vettel dad racing together I told you guys... don't stop believing. Sebastian Vettel dont-stop-believing guy believe There are a few things that make me angry. Mostly things not going my way. Sebastian Vettel my-way make-me-angry way Like a ship, a car should be named after a girl as it's sexy. My original car was called Kate. But then it got smashed at the opening race in Australia. So we called this one Kate's Dirty Sister because it is more aggressive and faster. Sebastian Vettel sexy girl dirty You can't always say what you'd like to say. Sebastian Vettel If anyone can achieve the impossible it’s you. Please, please, get it again. Sebastian Vettel please achieve impossible I remember my first test in F1. After five laps, I came back to the pits and tried to play it cool - 'Oh yeah, I'm fine, I'm on top of this' - but I was completely lost. Sebastian Vettel pits lap play If the boat started shaking, we stayed on course and didn't lose focus. That made the difference. Sebastian Vettel boat differences focus
