Jos Verstappen Quotes

Tactics, fitness, stroke ability, adaptability, experience, and sportsmanship are all necessary for winning.

I first discovered my turn of pace when I was playing football as a kid.

A coach once told me there are four factors that determine a players' performance: his tactical awareness, his physical condition, his technical ability and his mental strength.

When the gun fires you must concentrate for every second on the way to that finish line. You should know exactly how long it will take you to and think about every step of the race you are about to run.

F2 cars have downforce; they're quick. But it's difficult for your brain and eyes to keep up with everything that's going on once you're in an F1 car. You get used to it and you learn to stay calm, because if you react too quickly the opposite will happen. Being more relaxed is when it becomes more natural and controlled.

I have the biggest weapons in my hands. I can go a full 12 rounds at high speed.

You should want to run if you're a player, shouldn't you, on offense?

As an athlete, I used my speed, agility and quickness to go out and play against the big guys.

When you're riding, only the race in which you're riding is important.

In football, I need full concentration even though I really enjoy it.

To be a striker you need to be in good shape.

I think my acceleration is very good. That's the key for me.

I don't know why I run so fast. I just run.

I like a man who can run faster than I can.

I raced supremely well. I felt I was as well fitted to do it as I had ever been, and as perhaps I might ever be. I went climbing three weeks before, because I was feeling fed up with running.

I'm going to focus on speed, doing little things like my turns and my starts - just speed.

Sure we have skilled players, but the biggest thing might just be that we are so well conditioned and how we can play for 90 minutes at a high tempo which is needed in soccer at an international level.

So when you put the kick in and the other runners go past you, it's game over!

In the sports arena I would say there is nothing like training and preparation. You have to train your mind as much as your body.

I think my speed is one of my biggest assets.

I don't have one specific person that I think is the most athletic person.

We have to be extremely fit to race in F1.

My dad always told me you have to be as quick as you can straight away out of the box. Some people say, 'Feel your way into it; build it up.' No. My dad would say, 'Straight away, you have to be there.' And I think that helps to warm up your tyres and brakes to be on it a bit more from lap one.

My special thing is my speed. I'm fast.

I believe I can outrun most everyone.