Ayrton Senna

Driver

1960-03-21 – 1994-05-01

Ayrton Senna was a Brazilian Formula One racing driver and three-time World Drivers Champion. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest drivers in motorsport history.

Quotes by Ayrton Senna

Because in a split second, it's gone.
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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.
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Money is a strange business. People who haven't got it aim it strongly. People who have are full of troubles.
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And suddenly I realised 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.
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Winning is the most important. Everything is consequence of that.
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These things bring you to reality as to how fragile you are; at the same moment you are doing something that nobody else is able to do. The same moment that you are seen as the best, the fastest and somebody that cannot be touched, you are enormously fragile.
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Women - always in trouble with them, but can't live without them.
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It was like I was in a tunnel. Not only the tunnel under the hotel but the whole circuit was a tunnel. I was just going and going, more and more and more and more. I was way over the limit but still able to find even more.
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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.
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And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high.
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I am not designed to come second or third. I am designed to win.
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You will never know the feeling of a driver when winning a race. The helmet hides feelings that cannot be understood.
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Then suddenly something just kicked me. I kind of woke up and realised that I was in a different atmosphere than you normally are. My immediate reaction was to back off, slow down.
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