Buddy Rice Quotes

I cannot drive very well. I drive slow and very safe. I don't know cars that well.

I'm not a 'celebrity'. I'm not a big huge star and so when people see me it's usually to talk about something I've done and that's a great conversation to have.

I don't know if you know this - I don't drive a stick. I mean, I barely drive my automatic. I get to work and everything, but I'm not any kind of driving prodigy.

We must do a better job of educating all drivers to be safer on the road.

Barry seems to be more flamboyant merely because he gets more interviews to talk about it.

Unfortunately, we don't educate drivers enough to be respectful on the road.

My driving abilities from Mexico have helped me get through Hollywood.

I don't read magazine articles that I've been in.

One of the things is, I don't read my own press. I never watch myself.

From the time I was taught how to drive, I was taught how to behave when I'm stopped.

If everything in my career has to be made into an autobiography, then there will be people who might think that I am trying to make a statement. But I don't want to do that.

As a driver, you have to accept that some years are more challenging than others. That's part of the game.

A good driver can make up for bad equipment way more than a good car could make up for a bad driver.

It's very easy to get caught up in the world of press and maintaining an image and maintaining this highlight reel that the world expects.

I prefer that people are now talking about me as a player rather than about my hair.

I don't think about being a public persona too much - I just get on with what I'm doing.

I think a lot of people haven't even seen my videos but just hearing my name are like "Oh, that's that dumb Internet thing." And I'm definitely trying to shake that a little bit.

Michael Jackson is a cake-and-eat-it kind of guy. He has never recognized or accepted the fact that when you shove yourself in people's face, they're not going to look just at the part you're showing them. People want to see everything that's connected to the face.

I've got this brilliant thing where I go, 'I'm Robbie Williams', and people are interested in what I want to say - which is amazing because I'm just an idiot from Stoke-on-Trent.

Personal publicity of every kind is utterly distasteful to me, and I have made greater efforts to escape it than most people make to get it.

I would prefer not to be in a car with someone who can't really drive that well!

As chancellor, I am - as it should be - constantly under the microscope from both the public and the media. It is also important to me that my staff tells me openly how they see things. And an additional good indicator is the mood in my own electoral district. When I am there, which happens frequently, no one is particularly excited or impressed anymore to meet the chancellor. People there tell me immediately what is going well and what isn't.

If people like to see me with my shirt off, it's enormously flattering. But that doesn't mean I'm going to take my shirt off all the time.

I was raised to be modest to the point of fanaticism. In my family, we don't talk about ourselves to each other. Vanity is considered the worst possible sin. I've gotten better about having to describe things. If you're going to make a record and people are going to write about you, it's your responsibility to answer questions. It's validating - I'm just very clumsy.

I don't want any description of me to be accurate; I want it to be flattering. I don't think people who have to sing for their supper ever like to be described truthfully - not in print anyway. We need to sell tickets, so we need good reviews.