Qualifying Round Quotes

I won Formula Four. I went to New Zealand and won the Toyota Racing Series. I won the F3 European championship in 2016.

I just missed out on qualifying for the Sydney Olympics in 2000.

It's only normal, I am a player, who doesn't want to play in a European Championship quarter-final?

We are still confident as a team that we will make it through to the final Cup qualifying round.

I watched the Indy 500, and I was thinking that if they left earlier they wouldn't have to go so fast.

When you only qualify in 18th position, you have to take your chance off the grid.

I hope I will get a chance to compete in the Olympics.

You cannot underestimate any team that has qualified for a semi-final.

I had to go through a grilling process to meet Mr. Aditya Chopra. It took a lot of time and auditioning.

We look in... Germany for a superstar. We began with 10,000 people, which applied. From these 10,000, 100 was selected. The jury is unbelievably competent.

To win on a mile-and-a-half is big for me.

To represent your country at a home Olympics is something special and I'm over the moon to be selected for Team GB. I was pleased to get the qualifying time in Berlin earlier this year and my sole focus is getting in the right shape for London.

I'd prefer no practices and just Saturday, Sunday. Just qualify Saturday morning, race Saturday afternoon, and race again Sunday. Less laps of nonsense and more laps of meaningful business.

I was quite emotional when I finished my lap, but had to wait for other drivers to cross the line to hear whether I'd actually done it. It feels very special, but I acknowledge that the old master, Nigel Mansell, took his 14 poles from only 16 races.

As a driver you enjoy winning races, and if you win in the easiest way possible, fine, but in reality we all remember the fights to the end, the nip and tuck stuff.

I think we have a good team, but soccer fans will know that we're in a really tough group. The three teams in our group are really strong. The Czech Republic is a very good team, Italy is traditionally a powerhouse, and Ghana is one of the best teams in Africa.

I have played the World Cup qualifiers on the left wing, and that position suits me fine.

In international football, chances don't come along very often.

I went to Q-school knowing that I could play well and get through.

It's a goal to get myself in the squad for the World Cup.

You want to see the team that is in the playoffs.

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

Every footballer wants to take part in a World Cup with his country.

When I went to Q school, I was walking into a tournament where 500 other players all wanted the same thing as me.

I went over before the British Open and played Valderrama thinking that I might make the team, might be a captain's pick. I made the effort to go over there.