The best Quotes by Stirling Moss

The best Quotes by Stirling Moss

Sir Stirling Craufurd Moss (17 September 1929 – 12 April 2020) was a British Formula One driver. An inductee into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame, he won 212 of the 529 races he entered across several different motorsports competitions and has been described as "the greatest driver never to win the Formula One World Championship".

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There are two things no man will admit he cannot do well: drive and make love.
If everything is under control you are just not driving fast enough.
If God had meant for us to walk, why did he give us feet that fit car pedals?
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Motion is tranquility.
It is better to go into a corner slow and come out fast, than to go in fast and come out dead.
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The best classroom of all times was about two car lengths behind Juan Manuel Fangio.
To achieve anything, you must be prepared to dabble on the boundary of disaster.

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It is strange with how little notice, good, bad, or indifferent, a man may live and die in London.
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If you're curious, London's an amazing place.
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I've often thought a blind man could find his way through London simply by gauging the changes in innuendo: mild through Trafalgar Square, less veiled towards the river.
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I have nothing against Orlando, though you are, of course, far more likely to get shot or robbed there than in London.
I don't miss London much. I find it crowded, vast and difficult to get around. Cabs are incredibly expensive.
London. The beating heart of England.
England is my home. London is my home. New York feels like, if I have to spend a year living in an unfamiliar city, this is a pretty lovely one to spend a year in, but I will be going home at the end of it, certainly.
Fashion needs fresh blood, and London is the most creative place for that.
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.
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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.
In the end, racing is about leaving work first.
Fatality is part of the game. We have to accept the element of risk that F1 shares with a sport like boxing.
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Riding a race bike is an art - a thing that you do because you feel something inside.
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Straight roads are for fast cars, turns are for fast drivers.
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When you find a man you wish to marry, Tessa, remember this: You will know what kind of man he is not by the things he says, but by the things he does.
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Keep true to the dreams of thy youth.
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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?
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Ah, cars. Where would we be without cars? And how would we get there?
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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.
While accelerating, the tears of joy have to horizontally run towards your ears.
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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.
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I always thought records were there to be broken.
Every morning I wake up with new ideas.
I never made a damn dime until I started doing what I wanted.
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Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose.
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I have no idols. I admire work, dedication and competence.
I don't like being famous - it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.
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.
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.
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.
Drinking is much safer than sports. You can't get hurt, only hungover.
Formula 1 would be a paradise without the media.
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.
You can knock me down, but I get up twice as strong.
You never win by yourself alone. The day you think otherwise is the day you'll start to lose.
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Second is the first of the losers.

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