Juan Manuel Fangio Quotes

You must always strive to be the best, but you must never believe that you are.

A crazy man finishes in the cemetery.

Never think of your car as a cold machine, but as a hot-blooded horse.

In my time, you needed to speak a little Italian, and that was it.

You need great passion, because everything you do with great pleasure, you do well.

When I raced with Mercedes, I thought Id learn German. But my wife didnt want to live in Germany.

There are those who keep out of mischief, and there are the adventurers, ‘ he said. “We racing drivers are adventurers; the more difficult something is, the greater the attraction that comes from it.

Women rule our lives, don't they?

I told my nephew that if he wanted to get on in motor racing, the first thing he should do was master English. Thank goodness he now speaks it.

When I first came out of Argentina to Europe, the flight took 36 hours. Now it takes 12 hours, and the world is still shrinking.

I learned to approach racing like a game of billiards. If you bash the ball too hard, you get nowhere. As you handle the cue properly, you drive with more finesse.

Everything has changed. When I was at school and was told I had better learn English, I said: What for? The English are a hell of a long way away!

Driving fast on the track does not scare me. What scares me is when I drive on the highway I get passed by some idiot who thinks he is Fangio.

The driver of a racing car is a component. When I first began, I used to grip the steering wheel firmly, and I changed gear so hard that I damaged my hand.

In my day it was 75 percent car and mechanic, 25 percent driver and luck. Today it's 95 percent car.