Jenson Button famous quotes

To understand the intensity of driving an F1 car, you have to be in it. When you're driving a 750hp machine at 320km/h, the noise and the vibrations are incredible. The G-force when you take big corners is like someone trying to rip your head off. You hit the brakes, and it feels as if the skin is being pulled off your body.
-- Jenson Button

#Rip #Car #Skins

If I ever have a son, and if he wants to follow in my footsteps in Formula 1, my main responsibility will be to point out some of the negatives.
-- Jenson Button

#Responsibility #Son #Want

When you're in a car which can win every race, or fight for a win every race, that is pressure.
-- Jenson Button

#Fighting #Winning #Race

If I run I lose so much weight, which I need because you're limited on weight when you are a tall driver. And have you seen marathon runners? They're quite skinny.
-- Jenson Button

#Running #Needs #Weight

I haven't got the yacht any more. The cost of running it was crazy. But it was so much fun while I had it. I don't regret it.
-- Jenson Button

#Running #Fun #Regret

I like old tunes when I'm driving. They're fun and uplifting. Billy Ocean, that kind of thing.
-- Jenson Button

#Uplifting #Fun #Ocean

It doesn't matter how much money you've got, or how many connections, there's always something you want that's out of reach.
-- Jenson Button

#Connections #Want #Matter

Le Mans' is the only racing movie that is totally realistic.
-- Jenson Button

#Racing #Realistic

A lot of people think Formula One isn't a sport because everyone drives a car when they go to work in the morning. But we're pulling up to six G on a corner or during breaking, which is almost like being a fighter pilot. So we have to do a lot of work on our neck muscles.
-- Jenson Button

#Sports #Morning #Thinking

For me, triathlons were something that was down to me and my fitness. Now, I really enjoy the pain in the triathlon of chasing someone down. It's a bit like chasing down Nico Rosberg in the last few laps at Silverstone - it makes you feel alive.
-- Jenson Button

#Pain #Lap #Alive

I have made lots of mistakes in terms of contracts and spending money when I shouldn't have spent money.
-- Jenson Button

#Mistake #Made #Spending

When I do retire, I know for a fact that I'll never be able to replace the incredible feeling I get when I'm driving an F1 car.
-- Jenson Button

#Car #Feelings #Able

I always think I should try to get to bed early, but then I can't stop myself from watching telly and fiddling around on the net.
-- Jenson Button

#Thinking #Trying #Bed

When I'm on my own, I can be negative. I need my friends and family around to help pick me up if I've had a bad qualifying session. I think insecurity plagues a lot of sportspeople.
-- Jenson Button

#Thinking #Insecurity #Pick Me Up

I felt confident at 24, but I am a better driver now.
-- Jenson Button

#Drivers

My father did everything for me. He was awesome.
-- Jenson Button

#Father

I always sleep really well, particularly before a race, when the adrenaline's pumping.
-- Jenson Button

#Sleep #Race #Adrenaline

To drive an F1 car you have to be a little mad. On the morning of a race there's a mix of excitement and fear. If it's a wet track, then it's worse as you're not in control most of the time, which is the thing all drivers fear the most.
-- Jenson Button

#Morning #Race #Car

We all drive differently and have different styles. For me I need a car I can develop beneath me and feel comfortable in. If the car feels neutral and unbalanced it doesn't work for me.
-- Jenson Button

#Car #Style #Different

I think fans of the sport have a good understanding now of how fit Formula One drivers need to be.
-- Jenson Button

#Sports #Thinking #Understanding

In my hometown there is a pub named after me - The Frome Flyer on Jenson Avenue. How cool is that?!
-- Jenson Button

#Hometown #Flyers #Pubs

I've spent as much as 30 grand on a watch but it's not about flaunting my wealth. I don't have many extravagances but watches are my biggest one. I must have 30 of them now. I've been collecting since the age of nine, when I won a black TAG in a karting event.
-- Jenson Button

#Black #Age #Events

My 'Movember' moustache was never going to be as big as Nigel Mansell's, but I tried my best. The amazing thing is that when you try to grow a moustache, you notice everyone else's. There are some amazing moustaches on the grid.
-- Jenson Button

#Mustache #Trying #Moustache

To understand the intensity of driving an F1 car, you have to be in it.
-- Jenson Button

#Car #Driving #Intensity

It doesn't matter who wins if I don't. I only care if I win. I'm jealous of anyone else who wins.
-- Jenson Button

#Jealous #Winning #Care

You look back and you remember the good, the bad and the ugly
-- Jenson Button

#Looks #Ugly #Remember

Resting for me is fitness training.
-- Jenson Button

#Training

My time at Honda was amazing. Some of my best times in Formula One, actually. I might not have won races, just one race, but I had a lot of fun.
-- Jenson Button

#Fun #Race #Might

Women don't get the same opportunities that men get in racing, so they don't get to learn race craft.
-- Jenson Button

#Opportunity #Men #Race

It is such a special feeling to win a grand prix.
-- Jenson Button

#Winning #Feelings #Special

I love cycling, running and swimming. In recent years I've competed regularly in triathlons, which means I don't find the physical side of driving a struggle any more.
-- Jenson Button

#Running #Struggle #Mean

My school reports always used to point out that my concentration levels were appalling. I never listened in class because I was always daydreaming about racing. I never thought for a moment about doing anything else. There was no guarantee that I'd make a career in it but I never had any plan B.
-- Jenson Button

#School #Class #Careers

I think social networks are really working for the drivers, because we're able to talk directly to fans and they get first-hand information. And I think it's great for the partners as well and the businesses that are involved in Formula One.
-- Jenson Button

#Thinking #Hands #Fans