Valtteri Bottas Quotes

I went 59.9 sec. when I was 18 and thought, 'Hmm, that was fast - let's see how much faster we can go and what the rest of the world can do to keep up.'

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

A lot of times when I ran, to be honest, I didn't know where I was in the race. So I always was looking up at the scoreboard to say, 'Just call my name to see where I am,' because I tried to have such tunnel vision not to distract myself.

I love competition because I've always run faster when somebody was running next to me.

I think I've explained earlier on in the year that I kind of underestimated how important experience was in this series, especially when you're up against such good quality drivers.

Competition in football means someone will improve.

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.

I just want to give my best in London, I want to cross that line and see a personal best on the clock then I will see what position I am in.

The records fell easily at first. Dozens of seconds peeled away with every running of a course, and I could hardly wait for the next chance to improve.

The world record will come to me when I run the world record race. I'm just trying to perfect my race. I'm looking for perfection.

I don't need to scare the other athletes. When I'm running, I will scare them.

Both Indy Car and Formula 1 work in the same way, although there is a greater emphasis on development and technology in Formula 1.

Every time I go out and race it's a goal to go out and run faster than I've done before.

I look at each day as a chance to move one notch above yesterday - whether it's in service quality, delivery, speed, or any other aspect of the business.

I guarantee you that's what Jeff Gordon does. He uses everything the fans throw at him to stoke his fire and it drives him to be better at what he does.

You have to keep improving.

For me, it's always been about continually challenging myself and continually figuring out how to go down the hill faster.

In training, you can push yourself to the limit and test yourself against the best players in the world. That is when the pressure is really on, and they are the moments when you either improve, or you don't.

I know how good I am, and I know where I can go if I'm in the right mindset and respecting my opponent.

I'd like to have some good races and score points.

We need to improve each season.

There's always ways to improve.

Always it is important to improve.

We have to constantly be looking to improve.

The field is fantastic, great runners, so the best you can do is stay in control, pace yourself well, and then utilise it when you can do better.