Driving Techniques Quotes

You create a pile of dirt and then drive over it. We may have to learn to drive all over again.

Know how to drive safely when it's raining or when it's snowing. The two conditions are different.

In the rest of the world though, particularly in Europe, the most popular form of racing is not stock cars. It's not NASCAR. It doesn't look anything like NASCAR. It's Formula 1.

In Malaysia where the front end pushes so much, extra engine braking is really going to help you.

My year with Ferrari was of incredible value to me. I learned a lot about all the technical aspects of the car and also how to improve my work with the engineers.

I can't wait to be able to drive, but it's hard. Good driving doesn't really run in my family genes. My mother is possibly the worst driver ever.

Mark: When did you learn to drive? Courtney: About three seconds ago.

Just driving I just was in a car on flat ground and I couldn't make it go. Having ticked driving and taken three driving lessons, I just was unable to produce any motion whatsoever under perfectly normal circumstances. I think we've all been busted on driving, and riding.

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.

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.

The beautiful thing about driving was that it stole just enough of his attention - car parked on the side, maybe a cop, slow to speed limit, time to pass this sixteen-wheeler, turn signal, check rearview, crane neck to check blind spot and yes, okay, left lane.

I'm a frustrated driver. I would love to be out on the track instead of them. I look at them with envy.

One of the first things they teach you in Driver's Ed is where to put your hands on the steering wheel. They tell you put 'em at ten o'clock and two o' clock. Never mind that . I put mine at 9:45 and 2:17. Gives me an extra half hour to get where I'm goin'.

I've always had a fascination with cars and racing, not that I've ever competed.

In order to become a complete driver I believe that rallying will give me extra bits, because of gravel, because of different characteristics.

In the winter I was with Nelson Piquet. He was talking about his capacity to race faster. He said that he was still learning new things all the time.

I have never driven an IndyCar, but based on everything I've heard, the characteristics and how you drive them are 180 degrees different.

Gary Smith, when I came to America, taught me a great deal about racing.

I think that just sitting down and having casual conversation is the hardest stuff to do. But the extremes? I know what it feels like to come racing around the corner at 90 miles an hour, sliding the car sideways. I know what gear I'm hitting it in when I'm coming around the corner and where I need to downshift. So to me, that's the fun stuff.

There wouldn't be any way I could have jumped into Cup with the success I had without the truck series. I wish I had more time to spend there. There are so many things the truck teaches you about aerodynamics, the professional ranks of racing, and working with a professional team.

Stop-Go seemed more sensiblr than using the brake and accelerator at the same time - a practice that later became fashionable.

I had professional stunt racers teaching me how to drive.

I don't want to just be a good driver: I want to be a complete driver and hopefully the best driver in the world.

I was carrying Jackie Stewart's bag! Formula One was pretty much the same back then.

Racecar driving is a lot like sex; all men think they're good at it.