Juan Manuel Fangio Quotes

#1. Never think of your car as a cold machine, but as a hot-blooded horse.

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#2. When I raced with Mercedes, I thought I'd learn German. But my wife didn't want to live in Germany.

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#3. The driver of a racing car is a component. When I first began, I used to grip the steering wheel firmly, and I changed gear so hard that I damaged my hand.

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#4. You must always strive to be the best, but you must never believe that you are.

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#5. Driving fast on the track does not scare me. What scares me is when I drive on the highway I get passed by some idiot who thinks he is Fangio.

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#6. I learned to approach racing like a game of billiards. If you bash the ball too hard, you get nowhere. As you handle the cue properly, you drive with more finesse.

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#7. In my day it was 75 percent car and mechanic, 25 percent driver and luck. Today it's 95 percent car.

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#8. When I first came out of Argentina to Europe, the flight took 36 hours. Now it takes 12 hours, and the world is still shrinking.

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#9. You need great passion, because everything you do with great pleasure, you do well.

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#10. In my time, you needed to speak a little Italian, and that was it.

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#11. I told my nephew that if he wanted to get on in motor racing, the first thing he should do was master English. Thank goodness he now speaks it.

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#12. Women rule our lives, don't they?

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#13. A crazy man finishes in the cemetery.

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#14. Everything has changed. When I was at school and was told I had better learn English, I said: What for? The English are a hell of a long way away!

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