Starting Line Quotes

When we first began, we didn't have any hits.

I prefer starting. Anyone in this league does.

That's it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.

With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.

It's not how you come out of the starting blocks.

My dad always told me you have to be as quick as you can straight away out of the box. Some people say, 'Feel your way into it; build it up.' No. My dad would say, 'Straight away, you have to be there.' And I think that helps to warm up your tyres and brakes to be on it a bit more from lap one.

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

Everybody should have an equal chance - but they shouldn't have a flying start.

Me being a shorter guy, I am pretty quick out of the blocks and can get up to top speed maybe a little faster than some guys.

It's always good to be back in New York, where everything started in my career.

The starting line of the New York Marathon is kind of like a giant time bomb behind you about to go off. It is the most spectacular start in sport.

Well, now we have exactly the same situation as at the beginning of the race, only exactly opposite.

Everyone starts from a raw stage at some point of time.

I think there is no defending a title. You don't go into a season with a points advantage over anyone. So I don't think it's ever a title defence. I think you've got a different number on your bike, if you choose so, but everyone starts at zero again.

To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start

I remember once, actually the first race I ran, I fell.

F1 always feels unreal until you arrive and get your first seat.

But whatever the ramifications, whatever turns the path takes, the beginning is always there, in a particular moment, a particular point of access.

You’ve got to start somewhere in order to get somewhere.

I was like a race horse, just trying to get into the world.

I had as many doubts as anyone else. Standing on the starting line, we're all cowards.

We’re not at the endpoint of globalization but somewhere near the starting line.

I'm a good beginning key.

Racing a thoroughbred grand prix car in front of a home crowd will be a surreal and mighty experience.

Reality is the only place you can deal from. If you're still worrying about the way things should be, you haven't even approached the starting line.