Ayrton Senna Quotes

Why race? The need to be tested, perhaps; the need to take risks; and the chance to be number one.

I am not a driver, I am a racer.

By being a racing driver means you are racing with other people. And if you no longer go for a gap that exists, you are no longer a racing driver because we are competing, we are competing to win.

As long as I've got a chance to beat you I'm going to take it.

Running an airline is a normal job. Racing is more.

We'll try and be very aggressive, we'll try and speed up and change gears, and we'll see who's going to win.

Challenges give me a kick. The day I stop getting challenges, I would quit.

Formula 1 is about running to the maximum.

You have to be able to compete, put yourself out there, make yourself vulnerable, to go for something that you want.

I've been lucky enough to do a lot of very interesting things, and every time, I've been like, 'I want to put everything into this because I want to see how far I can go with it.'

I need to do well and show I'm a worthy driver in F1.

I don't shy away from competition.

My ambition is to one day be in Formula 1 and hopefully become world champion.

If I'm going to get up on stage to eat hot dogs, I'm not going to do it to get third or fourth.

Race drivers are fiercely competitive animals, and there is often a conflict between what is right for the team and what is right for the individual.

I don't feel 50. I'm still ambitious, and I've only just got my licence to race sports cars. I race for an Aston Martin team called Beechdean, and it's a huge challenge.

I'm a racing driver and I need to race, that's what I do.

By being a racing driver you are under risk all the time. By being a racing driver means you are racing with other people. And if you no longer go for a gap that exists, you are no longer a racing driver because we are competing, we are competing to win. And the main motivation to all of us is to compete for victory, it's not to come 3rd, 4th, 5th or 6th. I race to win as long as I feel it's possible. Sometimes you get it wrong? Sure, it's impossible to get it right all the time. But I race designed to win, as long as I feel I'm doing it right.

I want to be better than five guys. I was that way when I used to box, I was that way in any sport. I want to compete with five other guys. If I beat five other guys, I'd like to see if I can beat six.

I don't know if you've ever been skiing, but if you go to the slope you'll see all these kids fearlessly zooming by. It's only when we get older that fear creeps in. But for me, it just never has. And when it comes to racing, it's always about who is willing to go further, who is willing to take that extra step. I'm willing to take any amount of pain to win. I'm hungry like you.

The higher the stakes, the happier I am, the better I will be.

Only he who attempts the absurd is capable of achieving the impossible.

I feel like if it's not scaring you, you're doing it wrong.

Everybody wants to fight me so they can be a superstar.

The important thing is to keep playing, to play against weak opponents and to play for big stakes.