Alain Prost's Quotes
Born: 1955-02-24
Profession: Driver
Nation: French
Biography of Alain Prost
Sometimes I think I could have got some better results if I had a different mentality; if I could have pushed hard and attacked. But then I would have had a good chance of making a mistake.
Tags: Good, Hard, SometimesWhen I test I never go right to the limit. Only because when you are below the limit you can go at the same speed all day, and that's the only way you can be absolutely sure about what you are testing.
Tags: Speed, Sure, TestWithout going to what I think is my limit. I always say that my ideal is to get pole with the minimum effort, and to win the race at the slowest speed possible.
Tags: Effort, Possible, WinYou want to have fun but you also want to work well. Sometimes I was quite happy at Ferrari, because we would have fun, but then they could not stop having fun and go back to the real work.
Tags: Fun, Happy, WorkI have no problem with the people who work hard to get success. But I think people are very jealous about success. I work very hard and they don't appreciate that.
Tags: Jealous, Success, WorkThe people who criticise you will not be the ones taking care of your legs when you are in your wheelchair. People who never drove a car in these conditions, they just don't know.
Tags: Car, Care, TakingIt's like when people talk about driving F1 cars in the rain. I have absolutely no problem with it.
Tags: Problem, Rain, TalkPeople don't understand that it was maybe my biggest pleasure to drive an F1 car when it's wet.
Tags: Car, Maybe, UnderstandI always work the same way, starting from the beginning of the weekend, so I know at the beginning of the race, from all that I have analysed during the practice, whether I will win the race or not.
Tags: Beginning, Win, WorkA German team could be quite good. But maybe they are a little bit too convinced that they are the best.
Tags: Best, Good, TeamI have always had this mentality because I hated to break anything on the car.
Tags: Break, Car, HatedI have had some problems because the French don't like people to have success, they don't like the number one.
Tags: Number, Problems, SuccessI like the mentality of the Americans. It's like when you talk about money.
Tags: Mentality, Money, TalkI think maybe the English don't want to try something and look stupid, because they are a bit reserved.
Tags: Maybe, Stupid, TryI was very interested in that. It is very important to have confidence as well as to build up experience.
Tags: Confidence, Experience, InterestedOne of my biggest problems this season was with the clutch at the start of the race. I hate to risk the car.
Tags: Car, Hate, ProblemsSo in fact the only thing you can judge in this sport its the longterm. You can judge a career or a season, but not one race.
Tags: Career, Fact, JudgeThat is an important part of my success. Another big part of my success is that I hated not to finish a race.
Tags: Another, Big, SuccessYou can't always have the best team. It's always a compromise.
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You were not in control You had no visibility: maybe there was a car in front of you, maybe not.
Tags: Car, Control, MaybeI remember in the first part of the race I was sixth and I could have gone quicker, but I had to go slow. It was one of the most difficult things I have ever done.
Tags: Difficult, Done, RememberIt's always better to speak the language of the team. Not only for the direct contact with everyone - sometimes it also helps you to understand the mentality of the people in the team a bit better.
Tags: Sometimes, Team, UnderstandNo intelligent man believes that anybody ever willingly errs or willingly does base and evil deeds; they are well aware that all who do base and evil things do them unwillingly.
Tags: Anybody, Deeds, EvilMan is the measure of all things.
Tags: MeasureLet us hold our discussion together in our own persons, making trial of the truth and of ourselves.
Tags: Making, Together, Truth