Words matter. These are the best Nigel Mansell Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
As you get older, you do reflect more. They were great times, but the biggest thing we all had to deal with a lot more disappointment from an engineering point of view, there was not the reliability that there is now.
If something makes someone happy, then that’s what they should do.
Ayrton and I shared a lot of incredible races, where he was first and I was second and vice-versa. I think it’s fair to say I am the only racer in Grand Prix history who wasn’t intimidated by him, and I think that was great for the fans – it did make us have a few close calls, though!
Alain will do everything in his power to win, he doesn’t like getting beaten by anyone and least of all me.
Young people are so positive and have an answer for everything.
When I was teammates with Piquet and Prost, they were prolific in what they would get up to undermine you.
I think life is full of challenges and problems. I don’t believe that anyone is perfect. We all make mistakes. It’s not a bed of roses, and you have to work real hard at it.
The preparation, commitment and desire to win will be no less than the last time I drove a grand prix car in anger.
The first race is really just something that we will all need to get through. Until people see the cars in action I don’t think they will understand how quick they will be, which means they are going to be tiring to drive.
I’ve tried everything other than jumping out of a plane, but nothing gives you an adrenaline rush like racing a car.
We didn’t have any simulators. We had to do it on the track all the time. Now they’ve got simulators for everything. And, if they have an accident or go off, then you just press a button, re-set, and away you go again.
I was a driver and a racer. The difference between drivers, who can be great World Champions, and racers, who are also World Champions, is that racers don’t wait for things to happen: they make things happen.
Fitness will be a major factor in the first race and I think that will play into the hands of drivers who have been racing recently, rather than people like me who haven’t raced properly for a decade. I’am not one of the favourites to start with.
Racing a thoroughbred grand prix car in front of a home crowd will be a surreal and mighty experience.
Ayrton was our toughest rival. He would leave no stone unturned to get the utmost out of his car and his team.
