The best Quotes by Colin McRae

The best Quotes by Colin McRae

Colin Steele McRae (5 August 1968 – 15 September 2007) was a British rally driver.

Straight roads are for fast cars, turns are for fast drivers.

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At the end of the day, I got involved in all this because I enjoy driving cars and driving them as fast as possible. If I was going to be remembered for anything, I would like it to be for that.

Rallying is a sport in which accidents do happen. You have to respect the conditions you face.

If in doubt, go flat out.

You're here for a good time, not a long time.

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If you're too methodical, too fearful, you're not going to win. But the clever thing is to make the calculation correctly about where and when to go over the top. You've got to know when to push it and when to come back.

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When you're in a race, the cockpit is gonna be a 140 F. G-Forces will be twice of what an astronaut experiences upon lift-off.

Jack Salter in Gran Turismo

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The smell of fuel, driving on the limit on the edge of sliding, it just gives you a lot of adrenaline.

Max Verstappen

In the end, racing is about leaving work first.

Michael Schumacher

Racing After Work

Fatality is part of the game. We have to accept the element of risk that F1 shares with a sport like boxing.

Flavio Briatore

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Racing Formula 1

Riding a race bike is an art - a thing that you do because you feel something inside.

Valentino Rossi

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Motorbikes Racing

I'm 74 and I don't have enough time left to waste it, waiting in waiting in front of a charging station.

Walter Röhrl

While accelerating, the tears of joy have to horizontally run towards your ears.

Walter Röhrl

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I've got my best race still ahead of me.

Sebastian Vettel - July 2022, about retiring from Formula 1

I will retire from competing in Formula 1 by the end of this year.

Sebastian Vettel - July 2022, about retiring from Formula 1

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If you're involved in motor racing, I think everyone dreams of competing in Formula One events one day. And that's my dream too.

Michael Schumacher in Schumacher

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I always thought records were there to be broken.

Michael Schumacher

Every morning I wake up with new ideas.

Carroll Shelby

I never made a damn dime until I started doing what I wanted.

Carroll Shelby

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Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose.

Ayrton Senna

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Ambition Losing & Defeat

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

Ayrton Senna

I don't like being famous - it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.

Valentino Rossi

I'm lucky because I don't feel too much pressure - it's only in the last hour before the race, and even then it's good, positive pressure.

Valentino Rossi

World Champion! This is just unbelievable. I started racing with my dad many years ago. We dreamed of becoming a World Champion - and now we are.

Max Verstappen - December 2021

If you start doubting yourself like that, thinking, 'Am I good enough?' - maybe there is a reason you're thinking that.

Max Verstappen

Drinking is much safer than sports. You can't get hurt, only hungover.

Kimi Räikkönen

Formula 1 would be a paradise without the media.

Kimi Räikkönen

Formula 1 is the second best thing in the world.

It's not easy to be perfect, but someone has to be.

The way I drive, the way I handle a car, is an expression of my inner feelings.

Lewis Hamilton

You can knock me down, but I get up twice as strong.

Lewis Hamilton

Beginning Motivation

You never win by yourself alone. The day you think otherwise is the day you'll start to lose.

Mika Häkkinen

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Second is the first of the losers.

Enzo Ferrari

Aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines.

Enzo Ferrari

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Everything comes to those who wait... except a cat.

Mario Andretti

If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.

Mario Andretti

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Waiting Beginning

You can't let one bad moment spoil a bunch of good ones.

Dale Earnhardt

Memories Positive Quotes

You win some, lose some, and wreck some.

Dale Earnhardt

There are two things no man will admit he cannot do well: drive and make love.

Stirling Moss

If everything is under control you are just not driving fast enough.

Stirling Moss

There's no such thing as peace in Formula 1.

Lance Stroll in Formula 1: Drive to Survive - Season 3

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Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

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