I was delighted with Baku. People said I was completely mad; I was so happy when it all turned out all right.

Forget what others whisper in your ears. Most of that is pure rubbish that obstructs the view to what really is important. Always make your own decisions. That is what makes us human.

If somebody says, "You like putting out fires," and I say, "It's not a case of liking it, but I do put them out, and if there aren't fires left I make them, so I can put them out." It's what we do.

Don't forget I started looking at China a long time before any of those races happened. I always thought go east, not west.

Probably when I gave things to Slavica [ Ecclestone], you know the shares of the company, and things like that. And she put it all in trust and the trust sold the shares. Um, would I turn the clock back if I could and so I still owned the company completely? Probably yes. It probably wasn't a good decision, but it was the decision that had to be made. Was I happy that I made it? No.

Under the engine cover, no one cares what's in there. Nobody cares.

I have always been happy to have daughters rather than sons. You never really can be mad at girls for anything in life.