Michael Schumacher Quotes

Whenever you looked forward to anything pleasant you were sure to be more or less disappointed . . . perhaps that is true. But there is a good side to it too. The bad things don't always come up to your expectations either . . . they nearly always turn out ever so much better than you think.

I was quite excited, but I was sure I wouldn't win the race. I am a realist.

Fans, especially ours, demand championships. That's what we're striving for.

What matters - the only thing that matters - is winning. It's nice to entertain the fans and to gain new ones, especially from the States, but on the night... that's all that matters.

We want our teams to be able to entertain the supporters - they're such an important part of the industry, sometimes forgotten a bit. At the Amex they'll be very important for us. So we'll try and entertain. At the same time I know we're in the results business. I'm not naive.

Basketball is just something else to do, another facet of life. I'm going to be a success at whatever I choose because of my preparation. By the time the game starts, the outcome has been decided. I never think about having a bad game because I have prepared.

I always try to keep in mind the I do all that training for a reason, which is to compete to the best of my ability.

There are some casual fans who think you're going to dominate a game, be magic, score 10 goals. Even if you dominate a game, you'll only score two or three goals.

I am pessimistic, I think that's the best way to be, because if you're always expecting the best - the best doesn't always happen. Nine times out of 10 it doesn't. I'm surprised when things go smoothly. I don't know what's wrong with being pessimistic - unless you are such a pessimist that you don't do anything.

I'm in this game to give the fans proper fights, fights they will remember.

I just set the bar, niggas fall under it like a limbo

I'm just going to go out there and try to win the race. When you go out there trying to go for a record, you're usually not going to get it.

I would like to compare football and cinema. I think it's very similar. It's two games... different games. You have to work very hard and find the confidence to enjoy it on the pitch or in the film.

You're not gonna be known as nothing if you don't win.

My message to the fans would be that hopefully I can continue to perform as consistently as I have done this season and lift a trophy for them soon.

If you don't score you are not going to win a match.

When you step out on the court, I don't think anybody thinks about age. Because if you're out on this tour it means you deserve to be here. You've got the skill. It must mean you know how to play.

In football, if you don't score a goal then you cannot win.

You just kind of go and do your own thing. Sometimes it's really hard to compare apples and oranges, so you don't really think of it that way. You just perform to your fullest potential and hope everybody else does too. And however it works out, it works out.

You gotta win. That's all it takes.

Expectations determine outcome, always!

If winning weren't important nobody would keep score.

A win would be better than a draw.

I am doing what I do [athletics] because the fans love it and it's a part of me, it's my personality. I think people come to see you run fast, but they also come to see a show, a performance. They want to see a personality, and that's what I give them.