Guy Martin Quotes

No one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me.

Critics who have said a safer shot here or there would undoubtedly have won me a few more tournaments are probably correct. Going for the green in two was who I was as a boy - and it's who I remain as a man.

In racing, you want to win - there are no rules, and you can do whatever you want. Flying a plane is the opposite: you respect rules and fly to the rules. You can't possibly compare the two.

I'm aware that not everyone approved of how I played, but I don't think any apologies are in order. Early in my career, I decided that it was worth it to do whatever was necessary to earn the extra split second it takes to make a pass or shoot the puck.

I'm not like other females. I'm obviously different because of the path I've taken. I'm just as aggressive as the guys when I get my helmet on. Plus F1 is not just about taking risks, but knowing when to take risks and when to back off. It's also about strategy and managing your tyres.

I never think: 'If I crash, I'm going to hurt myself.' I might think: 'If I crash, I'm not going to win.' Everything's about that finish line.

I approach every match with that mindset, that this guy is trying to beat you, and it will change his life if he does.

For myself, losing is not coming second. It's getting out of the water knowing you could have done better. For myself, I have won every race I've been in.

Go big or go home. Because it's true. What do you have to lose?

There's so many guys skiing so fast right now that you really have to be willing to take a lot of risks if you want to give yourself a chance to win. I'm prepared to do it; it's just a matter of if I can make it work.

My whole feeling in terms of racing is that you have to be very bold. You sometimes have to be aggressive and gamble.

Never let up. The more you can win by, the more doubts you put in the other players' minds the next time out.

When you start off a new tournament, you want to do well.

I think that at the start of a game, you're always playing to win, and then maybe if you're ahead late in the game, you start playing not to lose. The true competitors, though, are the ones who always play to win.

In racing, I wanted to be a winner and to be a winner, you have to be willing to roll the dice.

You have to be willing to risk things; otherwise, somebody else will put you out of business.

A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.

If you weren't a risk-taker, you were always going to be a step behind. You could be the best cyclist in the world, but if you weren't a risk-taker, you weren't going to win the Tour de France.

There's a touch of the gambler in anybody really competitive and somebody that's willing to concede that to succeed, sometimes you need to cut corners and to make bold choices.

If I'm not Top 10 or seeded every tournament, it really doesn't matter. I can beat anyone on a good day.

I take risks sometimes, and it's not the best choice. I have to take that kind of risk to become one of the best players in the world. If that's what I want to be, I cannot just play simple.

Any race I go into, I've always got the attitude of throwing myself into and wanting nothing but No. 1.

Our style of play is non-negotiable, but we also have to become ruthless serial winners.

My mentality is that I play football to win. You have to do everything you can to win. The most important thing is that you leave nothing out there on the pitch.

When I was in sprint cars, it was the mentality of, 'Sometimes you crash big and sometimes you win, but either way it was a good show.'