Casey Stoner Quotes

Winter testing is essential but there comes a point where you have had enough of all the rehearsals and the pretend racing. You just want to get down to the real action.

That strategy of racing for the top five and racing for the win is where everybody wants to be.

When I'm starting a race, I just completely narrow down my vision and focus on what's directly ahead of me.

Every race is not perfect; there are obviously a lot of things I can improve on at the end of the race.

Mentally, my key is just focusing on the little things I need to do in a race, whether that's tempo, turn entry, start speed, things like that. I'm not thinking about that much before or during a race. I just trust in my ability and all the hard work I put in and let the race come to me.

The thing you think is going to be huge ends up not being huge at all, and the most minute thing you do is talked about for the rest of your life, so I try not to have any expectations at all. I think that helps, if you're just focusing on the project at hand.

The only thing I want to think about the moments before a race is competing. I don't want the little things to distract me.

You never know what the future might bring. I'm taking it game by game and play by play.

I just have to take it race by race, focus on what you can do, and the rest is out of your control.

When you line up on the track, you want to have done your homework, be aware of what they are capable of. You think about everything. It's like taking a journey, innit?

I just try to play my game, whatever role it is.

I think you just prepare the way you've always prepared and go about the game the same way and see where you stand at the end of the year.

As a driver, you always want to win every race, but as a car owner you know that isn't very realistic.

I don't take pressure or keep expectations because then it becomes difficult to concentrate.

We think game by game.

My favorite role of all? Whatever I'm working on in the moment.

In World Series, everything is a bit slower than F1. But each time I sit in the car, whether it is World Series or F1, once I am in the cockpit, I am mentally prepared for what the car is. I don't have to physically drive it to remember what it is doing.

In tournament football, you cannot dwell on things for too long.

Every day before the game, I know what I want to do. The days I feel off, it's knowing what it is I want to do and getting it back.

I've really just had to learn and adapt more than ever before, because there's so much to do in F1. There's so much to be on top of as a driver. It really requires perfection just to walk out of a weekend with a decent result.

Of course I would love to battle for victories and be up the front but it's always about where can you be, what are your alternatives.

You have to take each match as it comes.

People keep asking me if I feel pressure. But I don't feel pressure. I realize there's a lot on my plate, a lot of expectations for me to come in and win and do certain things. But I'm just playing the way I always have.

As an athlete, it's very important to have an open mind and to be willing to learn.

We must take on each match as best we can and try to recover from each as quickly as possible.