Words matter. These are the best Niki Lauda Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
There are some good traditions in our culture, one of which is that men dance with women. Soon we will reach the stage where we will all have to publicly apologise for being heterosexual.
There is no friendship out there. When you race, you have to fight. That’s it.
When I was in motor racing, I had taken the decision to risk my life. But when you run an airline, and more than 200 people want to go from A to B – and they don’t arrive – that’s a different responsibility.
Cosmetic surgery – it’s boring and expensive, and the only thing it could do is give me another face.
We have moved away from basic racing, where you see how the drivers fight with the cars to their physical limits and then make mistakes – or not.
I like the mode of business of aviation. It’s a risky business with difficulties which you can fill with innovative ideas and different things.
After my accident, I never worried about how I looked.
The idea that people would work on themselves, who hadn’t had an accident – I can’t stand plastic surgery.
Airlines go in the long run at the competition to reason. For the passenger the competition is good, because each competitor tries to undercut the other one.
The crucial point is always the own cost structure. Therefore I created a Low Cost alliance with air Berlin.
People say that F1 is blessed with the ‘best drivers in the world,’ but I want to witness the ‘total best drivers in the world,’ and this means taking away the elements that make their job easier.
Running an airline is the most difficult job in the world. Racing was more dangerous for my life.
I’ve learnt from my life experience.
I fought my grandfather like you wouldn’t believe. I went my own way and decided to become a racing driver. I don’t think I would ever have fought as hard as I did if my grandfather had been a reasonable person.
When, after the accident, I came out into the world and people looked at me, they were shocked. It upset me. I thought they were impolite not to hide their negative emotions about my look.
One of the things that gave me most pleasure was a letter sent to me by Sebastian Vettel, written in his own hand, full of beautiful words and kindness. I wasn’t expecting this; usually, drivers don’t do this: they drive, and that’s it. But he is a beautiful person.
In Germany air became generally accepted Berlin in this area. It operated with 45 airplanes within the Low Cost range from Germany, and is one the most successful carriers in Europe.
Running an airline is a normal job. Racing is more.
I don’t want to sound like a retrospective person stuck in the past, but the fact remains that, in my day, everything was in the hands of the driver – the gear changes, the delicate art of clutch control during race starts, managing engine revs during gear changes – everything.
My life is worth more than a title.
I want to bring passengers on my airplanes to present to them my product.
I always knew about the risks I was taking. Every year, someone you knew was killed racing. You had to ask yourself, do you enjoy driving these cars so much that you’re prepared to take that risk?
This aircraft tops everything. All the others look old as compared to this one.
People always think that the worst time of my life must have been after the German Grand Prix crash in 1976, which put me in a coma and left me with severe burns. But it wasn’t.
The guest gets at least as much service with us as with some established airline, if not even more. And at by far a favourable price. Thus the passengers remain gladly with us.
