I have no idols. I admire work, dedication and competence.
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Ayrton Senna
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About Ayrton Senna
Ayrton Senna da Silva was a Brazilian racing driver and philanthropist who competed in Formula One from 1984 to 1994. Senna won three Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles with McLaren, and—at the time of his death—held the record for most pole positions (65), among others; he won 41 Grands Prix across 11 seasons.
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And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high.
Money is a strange business. People who haven't got it aim it strongly. People who have are full of troubles.
Wealthy men can't live in an island that is encircled by poverty. We all breathe the same air. We must give a chance to everyone, at least a basic chance.
I continuously go further and further learning about my own limitations, my body limitation, psychological limitations. It's a way of life for me.
If you have God on your side, everything becomes clear.
Fear is exciting for me.
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If you have God on your side, everything becomes clear.
And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high.
I was already on pole, then by half a second and then one second and I just kept going. Suddenly I was nearly two seconds faster than anybody else, including my team mate with the same car.
And suddenly I realised that I was no longer driving the car consciously. I was driving it by a kind of instinct, only I was in a different dimension.
When you are fitted in a racing car and you race to win, second or third place is not enough.
Money is a strange business. People who haven't got it aim it strongly. People who have are full of troubles.
These things bring you to reality as to how fragile you are at the same moment you are doing something that nobody else is able to do. The same moment that you are seen as the best, the fastest and s…