45 Racing Quotes That Will Inspire Your Life

1. "Each driver has its limit. My limit is a little bit further than others." - Ayrton Senna

2. “If you no longer go for a gap that exists, you’re no longer a racing driver.” - Ayrton Senna

3. “If you are on the track driving fast and everything is under control, you’re not racing.” - Mario Andretti

4. “If you ain’t first, you’re last!” – Ricky Bobby

5. “It is better to go into a corner slow and come out fast, than to go in fast and come out dead.” – Sir Stirling Moss

6. "Racing is a great mania to which one must sacrifice everything, without reticence, without hesitation." - Enzo Ferrari

7. "Racing, competing, it's in my blood. It's part of me, it's part of my life; I have been doing it all my life and it stands out above everything else." - Ayrton Senna

8. "We are all racers at heart, and what we want to see is out and out racing, and may the quickest man win." - Toto Wolff

9. "Motor racing is like one big family, ultimately, and when you come back to it, that's really what it feels like." - Mario Andretti

10. "Racing is the only time I feel whole." - James Dean

11. "The bottom line is what we do might not be the safest so there is always some risk but we are ready to take that into account because we love racing and we love motor sports and it is dangerous." - Sebastian Vettel

12. "If you can leave two black stripes from the exit of one corner to the braking zone of the next, you have enough horsepower." - Mark Donohue

13. "Auto racing began five minutes after the second car was built." - Henry Ford

14. "Faster, faster, faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death." - Hunter Thompson

15. "The crashes people remember, but drivers remember the near misses." - Mario Andretti

16. "Straight roads are for fast cars, turns are for fast drivers." - Colin McRae

17. "Once you’ve raced, you never forget it… and you never get over it." - Richard Childress

18. "When speed gets in the blood, one must drive to live." - Rudolf Caracciola

19. "I am an artist. The track is my canvas and my car is my brush." - Graham Hill

20. "You will never know the feeling of a driver when winning a race. The helmet hides feelings that cannot be understood." - Ayrton Senna

1. "The winner ain't the one with the fastest car. It's the one who refuses to lose." - Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

2. "To do something well is so worthwhile that to die trying to do it better cannot be foolhardy. It would be a waste of life to do nothing with one's ability, for I feel that life is measured in achievement, not in years alone." - Bruce McLaren

3. "I hate losing. It doesn't matter if it's racing or playing Ping-Pong - I hate it." - Lewis Hamilton

4. "Racing is what I love, so it's pretty simple. I want to keep doing it and keep winning." - Lewis Hamilton

5. "To achieve anything in this game you must be prepare to dabble in the boundary of disaster." - Stirling Moss

6. “Nobody remembers who finished second except the guy who finished second.” – Bobby Unser

7. "When I look fast, I'm not smooth and I am going slowly. And when I look slow, I am smooth and going fast." - Alain Prost

8. "There have been some ups and downs. I've not always had it my own way. That's the way racing is supposed to be." - Lewis Hamilton

9. "What’s behind you doesn’t matter." - Enzo Ferrari

10. "If you’re in control, you’re not going fast enough." - Parnelli Jones

11. "To finish first, you must first finish." - Juan Manuel Fangio

12. “In racing, they say that your car goes where your eyes go. The driver who cannot tear his eyes away from the wall as he spins out of control will meet that wall; the driver who looks down the track as he feels his tires break free will regain control of his vehicle.” - Garth Stein

13. “It's hard to drive at the limit, but it's harder to know where the limits are.” - Sterling Moss

14. "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

15. "The miracle isn’t that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start." - John Bingham

1. "Winning is everything. The only ones who remember you when you come second are your wife and your dog." - Damon Hill

2. “Understeer is when you see the tree you hit. Oversteer is when you only hear it.” – Walter Rohrl

3. "To achieve anything in this game you must be prepare to dabble in the boundary of disaster." - Stirling Moss

4. "Aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines." - Enzo Ferrari

5. "It is amazing how many drivers, even at the Formula One Level, think that the brakes are for slowing the car down." - Mario Andretti

6. "It is amazing how many drivers, even at the Formula One Level, think that the brakes are for slowing the car down." - Mario Andretti

7. "Auto racing, bull fighting, and mountain climbing are the only real sports… all the others are games." - Ernest Hemingway

8. "You win some, you lose some, you wreck some." - Dale Ernhardt Sr.

9. "When I raced a car last it was at a time when sex was safe and racing was dangerous. Now, it’s the other way round." - Hans Stuck

10. “All you need to know about racing you can learn from Super Mario Kart.” - Jenson Button