Emerson Fittipaldi Quotes

I think I've lost that ability to slow things down - that ability drivers have to calculate what's coming by you at tremendous speed. I used to have it.

It is much easier to drive without having an accident.

I don't know driving in another way which isn't risky. Each one has to improve himself. Each driver has its limit. My limit is a little bit further than other's.

I really love to drive. It's really hard for me to be a passenger, even though I get to look around a little bit more, but I've gotten really good at driving and looking.

When you drive a car, either you manage it and feel it with the grip of the car, or, like me, you fix it on visual speed. If you do it through the grip, you lose it very quickly - because when the track changes, you can have scares. I do it visually, so if I am going too fast I fight to get the car back, but I do not do it by feeling the grip.

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

I think women are great drivers. To be honest, I've only been in one car accident - one of my best friends, his wife was driving. She went into oncoming traffic, our car flipped almost four times. I didn't even have time to put on a seat belt, because they'd just picked me up.

You never learn anything in school. Think about how many car accidents happen every day. Driver’s ed? What’s up? I still haven’t been to driver’s ed because if everybody I know has been in an accident, I can’t see how driver’s ed is really helping them out.

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

I drive a car, like an adult. Not brilliantly. I'm not great.

I would like you all to give me a round of applause as I have not crashed my car in over 15 months.

People get nervous driving around corners, thinking they're going to tip over. But you can go soooo much faster through the curves than you realize.

Yeah, it's risky, but no more risky than driving a car.

Everybody just uses the one-move rule without realising when it is too late to actually move and cross over and when it is actually being dangerous.

As a driver, you always want to be in the car getting as much experience as possible; especially when there's something new like different tyres.

I'm not a bad driver. And I never will be because I took lessons when I was quite a boy. I never had to pass a test because there wasn't such a thing when I first started driving a motor car. So I didn't have to pass one.

Be able to back up a car for a considerable distance in a straight line and back out of a driveway.

I'm probably more dangerous in a car than I am on a motorbike; on a bike I'm very mindful of the fact that if you make a mistake, you're dead.

I took a whole stunt course and pretty much got certified as a stunt driver. It's ridiculous how easy it is once you understand the car and know how to do it.

Everything you need to get that relaxed driving that brings consistency only comes with practice.

I'm a really good driver. I've been driving since I was very small, and I do like driving fast. I remember the first time my dad taught me that when you go into a corner you change down then put your foot right down on the way out. I'm very competitive about driving.

I felt confident at 24, but I am a better driver now.

On 18 you've got to drive it up a gnat's ass.

The racing driver's mind has to have the ability to have amazing anticipation, coordination, and reflex. Because of the speed the car goes.

I can drive. Let's just say you don't want to be in the passenger seat.