Top 70 Quotes About Michael Schumacher
#1. I am excited about Indian Grand Prix F1 race. I will support the Force India team. I have friends like Michael Schumacher but I will support Force India because that is the Indian team and country comes first.
Sachin Tendulkar
#2. In two years, I'll be making more than Michael Schumacher.
Nelson Piquet
#4. Michael [Schumacher] was a phenomenal driver but for me, Ayrton Senna was the greatest ever. If I could get one world championship that would be great; if I could win three, the same number as Ayrton did, that would be a dream. But I want to be the best driver there has ever been.
Lewis Hamilton
#5. Michael Schumacher is leading Michael Schumacher.
Murray Walker
#6. I have always watched the Race of Champions on TV every year and dreamed about participating one day. It's fantastic to be invited; I'm so happy. To represent Team Germany together with Michael Schumacher is a great honor.
Sebastian Vettel
#7. I'm not interested in what people think about me. I'm not Michael Schumacher.
Kimi Raikkonen
#8. In Formula One, the car can make a difference in a way that a driver cannot. Whereas Michael Schumacher and Ayrton Senna spent their early seasons in second-rate machinery, Hamilton walked into the equal best car on the grid. His first season none the less has, by any standards, been extraordinary.
Martin Jacques
#9. And Michael Schumacher is 37 seconds ahead, so he can refuel the car, change all four wheels, take off his helmet, have a smoke and a cup of tea, and rejoin in first.
Murray Walker
#10. Michael Schumacher deserved the driver's championship. To be honest, I didn't want to keep my record as the last Ferrari world champion; it's never done me any good!
Jody Scheckter
#11. There are seven winners of the Monaco Grand Prix on the starting line today, and four of them are Michael Schumacher.
Murray Walker
#12. Jean Todt's system will never succeed, not even with Michael Schumacher
Niki Lauda
#13. 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
#14. I like working in a team, and at Ferrari there is always good cooperation.
Michael Schumacher
#15. 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
#16. Ferrari always tries to get the best possible drivers, and my fellow team members have always been highly promising people.
Michael Schumacher
#17. Psychologically speaking, it's very important to be in good shape. I work in a sport that requires you to react quickly and be in excellent shape. Besides, things don't get easier as you get older.
Michael Schumacher
#18. If I didn't even stand a chance of winning races and competing for the title, I don't think I would be that interested in continuing my career.
Michael Schumacher
#19. I have to say it's been tough to leave the Ferrari family, which has been a big part of my career.
Michael Schumacher
#21. Ferrari's only objective is to be at the top, in other words, to compete for the World Championship. That's our right. Winning is another matter. It wouldn't be a disgrace to come in second after a tough fight.
Michael Schumacher
#23. Just being a mediocre driver has never been my ambition. That's not my style.
Michael Schumacher
#24. 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
#25. 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
#26. 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
#28. 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
#29. 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
#30. I like to share my life, and spend time with someone I love. That has worked 100 per cent with my wife.
Michael Schumacher
#31. The switch from ten-cylinder to eight-cylinder engines means that each manufacturer has to redevelop its power train. Not all will manage to successfully combine performance with reliability the first time around. That could shake things up a bit when it comes team hierarchy.
Michael Schumacher
#32. I will do everything I can to bring the Number One to Ferrari. The whole team and all the fans deserve it.
Michael Schumacher
#33. 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
#34. Sometimes minor details can have a huge impact. If you don't devote 100 percent of your efforts to every detail, you immediately run into difficulties.
Michael Schumacher
#35. I'm not very comfortable with what people sometimes say or think about me - things I don't feel responsible for.
Michael Schumacher
#36. 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
#37. 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
#39. Somehow I have managed to delay looking old. In reality I have good genes.
Michael Schumacher
#40. When you're very successful, you become careless and try to turn many things into routine.
Michael Schumacher
#41. 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
#42. 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
#44. My time with Ferrari was wonderful. I have found friends and had experiences that I would not want to be without.
Michael Schumacher
#45. 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
#46. 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
#48. Technology has certainly reduced performance differences among drivers. Whereas a talented driver could get a half-second out of every lap in the past, nowadays talent makes up for only about one or two tenths of a second. But the driver is still the key factor.
Michael Schumacher
#49. You arrive at Formula One being very skeptical, how far can your talent deal with all this, and then you understand those guys are human and pretty reasonable, and finally succeeding in winning your first race, in circumstance as such, it was just an amazing moment.
Michael Schumacher
#51. I have really enjoyed my time at Ferrari, not just because of the successes.
Michael Schumacher
#52. 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
#55. I hate to take compromises with a racing car. The more standard a car is, the more compromises you have to take.
Michael Schumacher
#56. 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
#57. I already tried that. Something heavy metal like. And sunglasses. But it didn't work; I went to the gas station and when I left the guy at the counter said, 'bye Mr Schumacher
Michael Schumacher
#58. 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
#59. 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
#60. If you look right from the beginning of the season I've been very competitive.
Michael Schumacher
#63. If you're lucky enough to be famous, then it's great if you can use your fame and the power your fame gives you to draw attention to things that really matter.
Michael Schumacher
#64. Every year we find something new, we go faster, and that's what Formula One is about .
Michael Schumacher
#65. 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
#66. 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
#67. In football, I need full concentration even though I really enjoy it.
Michael Schumacher
#69. 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
#70. When you start out in a team, you have to get the teamwork going and then you get something back.
Michael Schumacher
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