When I saw the others like Michael, Ross Brawn and Todt renewing their contracts, I always said that I was happy to do so.

As a Formula One driver, you dream about winning your first race all your life. I am desperate to know what it feels like.

We need to make sure F1 stays the quickest category of all, and GP2 is not that far away, so that's a little bit worrying.

Today, I don't have any psychological scars, because I am a realist and an optimist. After all, I can't lose my legs twice.

When you spend time working on something for a time period, and then it doesn't correlate, it decreases in your motivation.

I don't care about the future. I feel the future always reserves enough good things for you if you stay open and you smile.

Having the chance to be able to fight for something really meaningful - races, championships - that's the absolute priority.

In golf, you have to stay patient and calm. On the race track you can let loose, but in golf you can't and you must be calm.

I got baptized in June of 2001, I think. But I always went to church camp, went to church every Sunday, went to Bible class.

My dad raced so we were out at the racetrack late at night on Saturdays, getting up early on Sunday morning going to church.

I dreamed to be able to have these opportunities as a young kid. I've had the opportunity to run the best cars in the world.

I am a man of Brazil, of F1. My middle name needs to change to Rubens F1 Barrichello. I have no intention of saying goodbye.

What we need to make sure we do as a team is build the quickest car on the grid - if we have the quickest car, we can do it!

Once you put everything in the right perspective, even bad times can be an opportunity to refresh your appetite, your desire.

It makes me feel great when I'm driving and talking to my wife, and I look in the mirror, and my son is sleeping in the back.

To be honest, Brazilian people are fun people, and the country is amazing. It's full of beautiful people. I love the beaches.

In comparison to an able-bodied person, it's incredible, the amount of extra resistance I have, in comparison to an able body.

To be honest, I think for part of my late teens my character didn't really develop very much. I was in a state of cold storage.

Driving is something really special for me. Even women doesn't excite me as much as racing cars! I guess I'm just becoming old.

God is the one that's ultimately in control of everything. You can't try to change things when they're not meant to be changed.

It may look weird to an outsider to watch me jump out of the car basically walking on my arms. Of course, it's very easy for me.

I love mountain-biking or any form of bikes, like dirt bikes; I love getting out there, although obviously I have to be careful.

I was addicted to going fast, finding the big hills on the pushbike. It was just something I enjoyed a lot - things with wheels.

You can have a great car in the Sprint Cup Series and run 15th with it. It's super competitive. These guys are just really good.

I've definitely got better over the years at conserving my energy in pre-season - at knowing what to focus on and what to let go.

The common denominator is that we want to make the world a better place, for women and for everybody, and we do it through sport.

I get to do the Dakar Rally. I get to do the Daytona 500. I get to do the Indy 500. I'm very fortunate to get to do these things.

When you're limited on parts and you have reliability issues, you don't get the testing done. You need to really develop the car.

I'm a naturally very competitive person and I've been competing in triathlons throughout 2012 to keep fit and keep my mind sharp.

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 top up my endurance with running and cycling because in a race, your heart rate is up at 150, so we have to train at that level.

People have seen now I am a racer, and I have big intentions in the sport, and I am prepared to get my shoulders out if I need to.

I don't remember the first time I won. I remember the first time I lost, and it sucked. It was go-karts; I was, like, 6 years old.

Bureaucracies typically move slowly, clumsily, and without much regard for the wants and needs of the people they supposedly serve.

I like to smile a lot before going in the car. I make jokes, even on the grid, and then I can still manage to focus when it counts.

When I first climbed into a go-kart, aged 13, I thought to myself: 'This is what I want to do with my life, and I want to drive F1.'

Daytona has some of the greatest fans in the world and many remember me from some of the things I've done in this wonderful country.

I've been happy with my life. Also very lucky. I lead two lives - businessman and racer - and it feels like the best of both worlds.

We've focused a lot on visible evidence. We believe that a community needs to make the visible statement about who the community is.

The problem comes when you say that danger is part of the equation. Then you don't do any more work on safety. That shouldn't happen.

There are many people around me, supporting me. There are always ups and downs, and you can really see the true support quite easily.

Being an F1 driver is a crazy job but not what everyone expects. My year consists of 20% driving and 80% media, marketing, and travel.

The carrot and the stick are prevasive and persuasive motivators. But if you treat people like donkeys, they will perform like donkeys.

When I was in sprint cars, it was the mentality of, 'Sometimes you crash big and sometimes you win, but either way it was a good show.'

When I returned to the Touring Car championship, I got the team to create a special brake pedal that I could use with my prosthetic leg.

Learning to create is essential, necessary, vital & fundamental. It is the centrepiece in which you create the life that you really want

I've driven for A. J. Foyt, now the Andrettis, and my NASCAR team is Richard Childress Racing, which is one of the greats in that sport.

I did almost every job in the bank. It was real life, waking up in the morning, putting on a suit and tie and then having to go to work.

I had to go off the circuit twice to avoid him. I don't know what Rene Arnoux is doing in Formula One racing. He should be on the beach.

I saw Lotus F1 racing as the best choice for me to progress my career, after considering several other options that were available to me.

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