I am not designed to come second or third. I am designed to win.

When you're not happy, you need to be strong to change, resisting the temptation of turning back. The weak goes nowhere

[talking about the race at Imola circuit] There are no small accidents on this circuit.

The harder I push, the more I find within myself. I am always looking for the next step, a different world to go into, areas where I have not been before. It's lonely driving a Grand Prix car, but very absorbing. I have experienced new sensations, and I want more. That is my excitement, my motivation.

As soon as you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high.

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

It was like I was in a tunnel. Not only the tunnel under the hotel but the whole circuit was a tunnel. I was just going and going, more and more and more and more. I was way over the limit but still able to find even more.