Nick Mason Quotes

Since I was kid, what's drawn me to racing is the feeling inside of me, the passion I have for the sport, the feeling I have while competing and doing what I do in a car, on a bike, whatever it's been.

I was always fascinated by speed... My father was always an enthusiast and once I found a passion in racing, I had something in common with him, so from my childhood onwards we spent a lot of time going to karting tracks and racing in the various categories.

When you grow up around racing, you just want to race for a living. It doesn't matter what it is.

I will drive flat out all the time. I love racing.

I had a lot of fun driving race cars, but it wasn't my No. 1 priority.

I always want to be racing.

I don't compete with other discus throwers. I compete with my own history.

I was really competitive with myself.

I'm competitive with myself.

I don't get irrational about it, but I do have a deeply-rooted competitive spirit. Not necessarily towards other people, but towards any obstacle that I set for myself.

It's just part of my DNA. I love racing.

Maybe some people think that it's all about the hype, about the fame, but it's not. It's all about being the best. It's all about challenging myself everyday.

I can be very competitive, but I mainly want to challenge myself.

I love putting a chip on my shoulder. It's just more motivation to go out there and show my ability.

This is a lonely sport, the more family, the more laughs, and the more fun you can have, the better. At the end of the day, though, it's one man's journey to try and be the best in the world.

I told Monster the other day, I'm a racer's racer. This is what I truly love to do.

I miss the racing hugely. If you told me I could go off and do it tomorrow afternoon I would. For me that's always been my way of shutting everything off and relaxing.

This is what I have always done in my life, just racing and driving cars and go-karts fast.

At the end of the day, I got involved in all this because I enjoy driving cars and driving them as fast as possible. If I was going to be remembered for anything, I would like it to be for that.

There are certain people who are supposed to be race car drivers, and I've got that. I've got that thing that makes me have to race. I have to do it.

I like the danger, I like the adrenaline and I need it to race.

Auto racing has been a big part of my life since I was very young. When the car feels right, it's like, 'We've got a big machine.'

When you go to club racing in Denmark, people spend money to buy a race car and go and race, and many don't actually really have the money, but they spend it anyway because they love it and that's why I like those kind of things.

If I was going to start over, then I wanted to go somewhere I could get better and win and see if I was a really good player. That's why I came to Duke.

I compete with myself. I try to get more done than you. I don't know why.