Michael Schumacher famous quotes

Just being a mediocre driver has never been my ambition. That's not my style.
-- Michael Schumacher

#Ambition #Style #Just Being

I cant really imagine life without Formula One,
-- Michael Schumacher

#Imagine #Formulas

Once something is a passion, the motivation is there.
-- Michael Schumacher

#Life #Motivation #Future

Never think that success is down to your own performance alone. If you start listening only to yourself you take the first step back towards the bottom. The flowers of victory belong in many vases.
-- Michael Schumacher

#Flower #Thinking #Listening

I've always believed that you should never, ever give up and you should always keep fighting even when there's only a slightest chance.
-- Michael Schumacher

#Giving Up #Fighting #Chance

You win a race, the next race it’s a question mark. Are you still the best or not? That’s what is funny. But that’s what is interesting. And that’s what is challenging. You have to prove yourself every time.
-- Michael Schumacher

#Winning #Race #Interesting

In sport there is never any moment that is the same as the other. I have been in Formula One for 12 years, and out of that I had one year with the perfect car.
-- Michael Schumacher

#Sports #Years #Perfect

You try to hide your emotions, so as not to show weaknesses to others. I believe it's the same for every sportsman.
-- Michael Schumacher

#Believe #Trying #Weakness

Those who have come into Formula One without experiencing cars devoid of electronic aids will find it tough. To control 800 horse power relying just on arm muscles and foot sensitivity can turn out to be a dangerous exercise.
-- Michael Schumacher

#Horse #Exercise #Feet

If you do things to the limit, and don’t purposely go over that limit, then I think it’s fine to do whatever you want. So long as you enjoy it. That’s what’s important.
-- Michael Schumacher

#Thinking #Long #Important

I don't feel like promising big things to my fans. I'm not thinking about victory at all. I'll do my best to get on the podium at least, although I must admit I feel fairly pessimistic.
-- Michael Schumacher

#Thinking #Victory #Pessimistic

I retired simply because I didn't have the passion and motivation anymore; I was tired. At the time I thought, 'Well, I had a great time, there is the end.' At some moment, there is the right time to call it an end.
-- Michael Schumacher

#Motivation #Passion #Tired

People get excited around me and behave differently than they would normally. I don't feel different from anyone else, except that I drive a racing car round in circles faster than somebody else.
-- Michael Schumacher

#Circles #Car #People

I know what I am, and what I have to do in my profession, so I can handle the pressure. It's the way I think.
-- Michael Schumacher

#Thinking #Pressure #Way

In football, I need full concentration even though I really enjoy it.
-- Michael Schumacher

#Football #Needs #Enjoy

I think I was five when I had my real first go-kart.
-- Michael Schumacher

#Real #Thinking #Firsts

First, you have to finish.
-- Michael Schumacher

#Firsts

I have really enjoyed my time at Ferrari, not just because of the successes.
-- Michael Schumacher

#Ferrari

I have to say it's been tough to leave the Ferrari family, which has been a big part of my career.
-- Michael Schumacher

#Careers #Ferrari #Tough

I like working in a team, and at Ferrari there is always good cooperation.
-- Michael Schumacher

#Team #Ferrari #Cooperation

The more precisely I can drive, the more I enjoy myself.
-- Michael Schumacher

#Enjoy

I just want to be known as a very normal person and be treated as that and be able to walk down the street like anyone else.
-- Michael Schumacher

#Able #Normal #Want

I like to share my life, and spend time with someone I love. That has worked 100 per cent with my wife.
-- Michael Schumacher

#Liking Someone #Wife #Share

My kids are not known, and I think that is very important. So far they have lived a normal life, and will continue to do so. I feel they should have the possibility to live a free life without the burden of fame I have created.
-- Michael Schumacher

#Kids #Thinking #Important

I'm Michael Schumacher. I don't need to test my driving ability.
-- Michael Schumacher

#Tests #Needs #Driving

When you start out in a team, you have to get the teamwork going and then you get something back.
-- Michael Schumacher

#Teamwork #Team

I will do everything I can to bring the number one to Ferrari. The whole team and all the fans deserve it.
-- Michael Schumacher

#Team #Numbers #Ferrari

If you imagine how many years the other guys have been in my position Im in now, they have been motivated to get back and challenge the leaders, ... Theres no reason not to be motivated and I look forward very much to challenging again.
-- Michael Schumacher

#Years #Guy #Leader

The first thing, when I got the money, I knew I would support somebody. And the person I supported was my family. Because we were really in debt with the money. And - so I gave to my father this suitcase full of money. And he couldn't believe it. And that was something very special.
-- Michael Schumacher

#Father #Believe #Support

With this type of thing there are always different opinions and mine is that it is impossible to blame either one of us. [on a crash with Heidfeld]
-- Michael Schumacher

#Different Opinions #Impossible #Blame

I didn't have statistics in my mind when I was racing. It was always a consequence - a nice consequence. I enjoyed it, but it wasn't the reason I was racing.
-- Michael Schumacher

#Nice #Mind #Racing

Nascar will certainly not be one of my challenges in the future.
-- Michael Schumacher

#Challenges #Nascar

My time with Ferrari was wonderful. I have found friends and had experiences that I would not want to be without.
-- Michael Schumacher

#Want #Ferrari #Wonderful

Mika Hakkinen was the best opponent (I've had) in terms of his quality, but the biggest admiration I had for him was we had 100% fight on track but a totally disciplined life off track. We respected each other highly and let each other live quietly.
-- Michael Schumacher

#Fighting #Track #Quality

Let's put it this way, I like number seven.
-- Michael Schumacher

#Numbers #Way #Seven

I always thought records were there to be broken.
-- Michael Schumacher

#Sports #Inspirational Sports #Broken

Your ups and downs in sports, I think they are as normal as daily life: One day you wake up and feel great, the next day you wake up and feel maybe less great.
-- Michael Schumacher

#Sports #Thinking #One Day

I decided on a vision. I think I maybe join Toyota at the midpoint of a project, whose long-term goal is winning world championships. Also I have my big ambition, the drivers' world championship. That is not abandoned - entirely the opposite. I am young enough and motivated enough to make a new start in order to reach this goal.
-- Michael Schumacher

#Ambition #Winning #Thinking

I have what you might call the South Pole and the North Pole. I have my team and my work, which I do on one side, and I have my family and my home on the other side. Both have nothing really to do with each other.
-- Michael Schumacher

#Team #Home #Sides

I'm not very comfortable with what people sometimes say or think about me - things I don't feel responsible for.
-- Michael Schumacher

#Thinking #People #Sometimes

I have been a huge fan of America, as I find their way of life there is pretty unique, and I have enjoyed a lot of good times over there.
-- Michael Schumacher

#Unique #America #Way

When you are part of a community for 14 years, it inevitably shapes you. I will always have a part of Ferrari beside me; a part of my heart will always be red.
-- Michael Schumacher

#Heart #Years #Community

I hate to take compromises with a racing car. The more standard a car is, the more compromises you have to take.
-- Michael Schumacher

#Hate #Car #Racing

Somehow I have managed to delay looking old. In reality I have good genes.
-- Michael Schumacher

#Reality #Delay #Genes