The best Quotes by Enzo Ferrari

The best Quotes by Enzo Ferrari

Enzo Anselmo Giuseppe Maria Ferrari Cavaliere di Gran Croce (20 February 1898 – 14 August 1988) was an Italian motor racing driver and the founder of the Ferrari automobile marque.

Second is the first of the losers.

Aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines.

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The Ferrari is a dream - people dream of owning this special vehicle and for most people it will remain a dream apart from those lucky few.

I build engines and attach wheels to them.

Race cars are neither beautiful nor ugly. They become beautiful when they win.

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I want to build a car that's faster than all of them, and then I want to die.

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Only those who dare truly live.

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

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I lost a Ferrari, Las Vegas, Nevada
I woke up the followin' day and went harder

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The hippies wanted peace and love. We wanted Ferraris, blondes and switchblades.

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Lee Iacocca: "Mr. Ford, Ferrari has a message for you, sir."
Henry Ford II: "What did he say?"
Lee Iacocca: "He said Ford makes ugly little cars in ugly factories. And, uh, he called you fat, sir."
Henry Ford II: "We're going to bury Ferrari at Le Mans."

Henry Ford II in Ford v Ferrari

I love the practicality of a good car. You know what I mean? And when I say 'practicality,' I mean the complete practicality of a Ferrari 458, a wonderfully fantastic every day car.

Hunter Hayes

Women are like cars: we all want a Ferrari, sometimes want a pickup truck, and end up with a station wagon.

If believing in yourself and going after what you want in life and realising your worth is ruthless and selfish, then I'm definitely ruthless and selfish.

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Ambition Egoism

Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is the best.

Do we have to know who's gay and who's straight? Can't we just love everybody and judge them by the car they drive?

Ellen DeGeneres

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Ah, cars. Where would we be without cars? And how would we get there?

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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

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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In the end, racing is about leaving work first.

Michael Schumacher

Racing After Work

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.

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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

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 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

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

Colin McRae

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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.

Colin McRae

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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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

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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