Jean Alesi Quotes

When I'm driving the race track, it's all about repetition.

When I drive there is not much emotion in there. I'm just trying to get everything right and get every lap, every corner perfect.

I don't believe in luck. Not in golf, anyway. There are good bounces and bad bounces, sure, but the ball is round and so is the hole. If you find yourself in a position where you hope for luck to pull you through, you're in serious trouble.

You drive for show but putt for dough.

There are spots that I have to hit. Throws I can't miss.

The more you can keep your action and your mind and the ball you are delivering as simple as you can nothing can go wrong.

By concentrating on precision, one arrives at technique, but by concentrating on technique one does not arrive at precision.

As a driver, you want to race every lap possible, especially when you've got a good car.

In piano, if you try to force hitting this key and that key, it's very broken. It's not pretty. When you're in archery, you can't try to force it step-by-step-by-step. Then the shot doesn't flow and it's not a good shot. If you just let the performance flow, it's really beautiful.

To aim and hit, you need one eye only, and one good finger.

The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.

When you lose the ability to step up and hit the ball as hard and as far as you want, that also affects your ability to will the ball to go where you want it to go, if you know what I mean.

Again, racing for me was about energy management.

When the gun fires you must concentrate for every second on the way to that finish line. You should know exactly how long it will take you to and think about every step of the race you are about to run.

When I take go-karts out with my friends, it's a disaster normally. But in the race car, I'm calm because they pay me to do this, and I have to be professional.

When you're clicking, you're not making mental mistakes. You're going out there. You're lining up fast.

If anything, you just let your racket talk - there's no reason for you to talk if your racket can.

I'm always looking at the ball and making sure it goes in. I'm not looking at where I'm at or what level I'm at in height.

In World Series, everything is a bit slower than F1. But each time I sit in the car, whether it is World Series or F1, once I am in the cockpit, I am mentally prepared for what the car is. I don't have to physically drive it to remember what it is doing.

Why was I able to be able to pass? What did I do right that allowed me to make a pass - any given pass? There's balance; there's vision.

That is what shooting is. There is no secret sauce, man. You've got to find mechanics that you can make the same every time, and you've got to do it over and over again, and you can't just shoot for rhythm. You've got to understand what you are doing. You have to focus on those details every day.

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

I can let go of a lot of stuff, but I focus on things I think I should, like dancing, because it takes 100 percent concentration on every step.

For some people to say, 'I just go up there and hit it,' we'll that's good for you. If it works for you, it works for you. But I want to be as precise as possible heading into that shot.

It doesn't matter how tough you are. It doesn't matter how smart you are or what a great leader you are. None of that stuff matters if you can't put the ball where you have to put it.