The best Quotes by Kimi Räikkönen

The best Quotes by Kimi Räikkönen

Kimi-Matias Räikkönen (born 17 October 1979), nicknamed "The Iceman", is a Finnish racing driver who competed in Formula One between 2001 and 2021 for Sauber, McLaren, Ferrari, Lotus, and Alfa Romeo.

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

Formula 1 would be a paradise without the media.

Winning feels good, but I'm not the type to brag about it.

I don't care what the people think of me. I'm not Michael Schumacher.

Michael Schumacher

Driving is the only thing I love about 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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I always thought records were there to be broken.

Michael Schumacher

No. Well, yes - experience.

Michael Schumacher - September 2003, after being asked, whether he won in Las Vegas

Las Vegas Gambling

I'd prefer him playing tennis or golf.

Michael Schumacher - September 2005, about his son's career choices

After those years, I was convinced I would always be a go-kart driver. Because I could never have imagined making it into Formula class - for financial reasons alone.

Michael Schumacher

Competing in Formula 1 involves things I don't like anymore. Maybe they will be solved, but the will to do so has to become much stronger and lead to acting on it. Talking isn't enough anymore. The race has already begun.

Sebastian Vettel - July 2022, about retiring from Formula 1

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In the end, I think in F1 it is very hard for a girl.

Max Verstappen

There should be more respect in Formula One.

Flavio Briatore

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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I'm done with F1 unfortunately. I'm too old, the train has passed.

Valentino Rossi

To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems!

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Everything's better with some wine in the belly.

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

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

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

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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