Ayrton Senna da Silva was a Brazilian race car driver who won the Formula One World Drivers’ Championship in 1988, 1990, and 1991, lived from 21 March 1960 to 1 May 1994. Senna won 65 pole positions, which was a record until 2006, and 41 Grands Prix. He is one of three Formula One drivers from Brazil to have won the World Championship. While driving for the Williams team and taking the lead in the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, he was killed in an accident. Senna is regarded as one of the greatest F1 drivers in the history of the sport by the media, analysts, and spectators.
35 Ayrton Senna Quotes
- “If you have God on your side, everything becomes clear.”
2. “If a person has no dreams, they no longer have any reason to live. Dreaming is necessary, although in the dream reality should be glimpsed. For me this is a principle of life.”
3. “Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose.”
4. “The main thing is to be yourself.”
5. “When you’re not happy, you need to be strong to change, resisting the temptation of turning back. The weak goes nowhere”
6. “With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high.”
7. “You do something very well or not at all.”
8. “Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose.”
9. “You must take the compromise to win, or else nothing. That means you race or you do not.”
10. “Winning is the most important. Everything is consequence of that.”
Inspiring Ayrton Senna Quotes
11. “Nothing can separate me from the love of God
12. “We are made of emotions, we are all looking for emotions, it’s only a question of finding the way to experience them.”
13. “I believe that we start to see our true personalities when we go through the most difficult moments. This is when we get stronger”
14. “Whoever you are, no matter what social position you have, rich or poor, always show great strength and determination.”
15. I have no idols. I admire work, dedication and competence.”
16. “You must take the compromise to win, or else nothing. That means: you race or you do not..”
17. “Each driver has its limit. My limit is a little bit further than others.”
18. “Fear is exciting for me.”
19. “The past is just data. I only see the future.”
20. “I believe if you are doing something like competing, like motor racing, you either do well or forget it.”
21. “Just because I believe in God, just because I have faith in God, it doesn’t mean that I’m immune. It doesn’t mean that I’m immortal.”
22. “With regard to performance, commitment, effort, dedication, there is no middle ground. Or you do something very well or not at all.”
Famous Ayrton Senna Quotes
23. “I cannot live on an island of prosperity when I’m surrounded by a sea of misery.”
24. “You commit yourself to such a level where there is no compromise. You give everything you have, everything, absolutely everything.”
25. “I continuously go further and further learning about my own limitations, my body limitation, psychological limitations. It’s a way of life for me.”
26. “If you no longer go for a gap that exists, you are no longer a racing driver.”
27. “I am not designed to come second or third. I am designed to win.”
28. “I believe in the ability of focusing strongly in something, then you are able to extract even more out of it.”
29. “Wealthy men can’t live in an island that is encircled by poverty. We all breathe the same air. We must give a chance to everyone, at least a basic chance.”
30. “And suddenly I realized that I was no longer driving the car consciously. I was driving it by a kind of instinct, only I was in a different dimension.”
31. “Money is a strange business. People who haven’t got it aim it strongly. People who have are full of troubles.”
32. “The danger sensation is exciting. The challenge is to find new dangers.”
33. “Many times, it’s through a mistake that you learn. And the main thing is to make sure you learn through your mistakes and get better.”
34. “I believe if you are doing something like competing, like motor racing, you either do well or forget it.”
35. “You must take the compromise to win, or else nothing.”
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