Ayrton Senna: best phrases from this Brazilian idol!

Winning is what matters. The rest is the consequence.

The day that death arrives has arrived. It can be today or in 50 years. The only sure thing is that she will arrive.

Accidents are unexpected and unwanted, but they are part of life. The moment you sit in a race car and you’re racing to win, second or third place doesn’t satisfy. Either you commit to the goal of victory or you don’t. That is to say: either you run or you don’t.

Money is a curious business. Those who don’t have it are crazy to have it; whoever has it is full of problems because of it.

Fear is part of people’s life. Some people don’t know how to face it, others learn to live with it and see it, not as a negative thing, but as a feeling of self-preservation.

With regard to commitment, commitment, effort, dedication, there is no middle ground. Either you do something well or you don’t.

You can never know how a driver feels when he wins a race. The helmet hides incomprehensible feelings.

If you want to be successful, you need to have total dedication, reach your ultimate limit and give your best.

One way to preserve your own image is to not let the world invade your home. It was a way I found to preserve my values as much as possible.

Fear fascinates me.

For me, the woman is not to show off, it is to pay attention and to love.

Every rider has his limit. Mine is a little bit above the others.

We are insignificant. As much as you program your life, at any moment everything can change.

I express myself with my heart, not with my head. I speak with my eyes, with gestures, sharing emotions. I share with the people who work with me the frustrations and joys in their true measure. I make them feel part of what’s going on with me, not just the car.

I have no idols. I admire work, dedication and competence.

My biggest mistake? I think it’s yet to happen.

The second is nothing more than the first of the losers.

I’m not designed to be second or third, I’m designed to win.

If a person has no dreams, he has no reason to live.

Racing and competition are in my blood. It’s part of me, it’s part of my life. I’ve been doing it all my life and it trumps everything else.

You must make a commitment to win.

With your mind power, your determination, your instinct and experience, you can soar high.

Winning a race is a much bigger challenge than winning a million dollars.

The sense of danger is exhilarating. The challenge is to find new dangers.

God is great. God is strong. When he wants, he has no one who doesn’t want to.

If we want to change something, we must start with the children. We must respect and educate our children so that the future of nations and the planet is dignified.

God owns everything. I owe Him the opportunity I had to get where I am. Many people have that ability, but they don’t have that opportunity. He gave it to me, I don’t know why. I know I can’t waste it.

When you are not happy, you have to be strong to change, to resist the temptation to return. The weak go nowhere.

The important thing is to win. Everything and always. This story that the important thing is to compete is nothing more than pure demagoguery.

The Brazilian only accepts a title if he is a champion. And I’m brazilian.

What I really believe in is God.

I think a lot about everything, I can’t help but go from one idea to another. And all these plans turn into a dream, which I see grow, progress, I see happy people through them. Mostly children.

In adversity, some give up, while others break records.

What do I feel in a car at 300 km/h? Emotion, pleasure and challenge.

Whoever you are, whatever the social position you have in life, the highest or the lowest, always aim for a lot of strength, a lot of determination and always do everything with a lot of love and with a lot of faith in God, that a day you get there.

The rich can no longer live on an island surrounded by a sea of poverty. We all breathe the same air. We must give everyone a chance, at least a fundamental chance.

The fact that I’m Brazilian just fills me with pride!

Positive aspects can be found even in negative situations and it is possible to use all this as an experience for the future.

I want to improve on everything. Ever.

Everyone is fast sometimes. It takes a champion to always be fast.

There is a great desire in me to always improve. Getting better is what makes me happy. And whenever I feel like I’m learning less, like the learning curve is flattening out, or whatever, then I’m not very happy. And that applies not only professionally, as a pilot, but as a person.