Nelson Piquet Quotes

I am not close to retirement. I still have a lot more that I can achieve. There are younger guys coming into F1, but I am not old and I'm not finished.

Ever since I was 7 years old, Formula 1 has been my career goal, so this opportunity is truly a dream come true.

My first pole position is an emotional and hopefully historic moment as I want to be in F1 for many, many years.

I'm not here for anything other than world championships. I don't want to be here driving around and finishing races and scoring points. I only want to win and if I can't do that - if I can't see that I have a future with wins and championships - then I'm not up for Formula One, I'll do something else where I can win.

My goals in the future is to not just be in Formula 1. I want to be really successful, World Champion, though I guess this is like everyone! But that is what I'm targeting.

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

Competitive feeling means you want do do good work. You can't lie about wanting to be on top. There is no reason for me to be insecure at this time. I would be insecure if I was sitting at home doing nothing, but I am in films now, and that's where I always wanted to be.

What he has done is the best ever in F1. It is something I look up to, and I am happy to have him as my dad.

TO be racing in Formula One with Mclaren has been the ultimate goal for me. It's a dream come true.

I'm a very competitive person. But I think that's good.

A good education gives you confidence to stick up your hand for anything - whether it is the job you want, or the bloke. And the more you stick up your hand, the better your chances are that you will get what you want.

We've got a long career ahead of us and it's going to be great. Trust me.

If anyone tells you it's impossible to be fabulous and smart and make a ton of money using math, well, they can just get in line behind you - and kiss your math.

I like very strong guys. Successful guys. Not necessarily financially.

When you are fitted in a racing car and you race to win, second or third place is not enough.

It's like when people talk about driving F1 cars in the rain. I have absolutely no problem with it.

We weren't here to hope and hang on. We wanted to win.

I'm a very competitive girl. In everything I do.

So many people have that story as to how they could have maybe won the Indy 500, which is for me the ultimate goal. I would imagine for a lot of people it's the ultimate goal. It's definitely high up on the list.

I might not be Shaq, but I can be Kobe, you know?

I always had career goals. And I figured out a path I wanted to take to accomplish those goals. If that meant calling the best modeling agency in the world, that's what it meant.

I still have the competitive spirit, which is good.

Somebody ought to tell him his ambition is showing.

Opting for gold shoes could have been considered downright cocky, but I was confident and never doubted my ability to deliver gold medals to match my shimmering footwear.

What I have done in my nine year career was just a glimpse of what I can do.