Giving up is something a Lauda doesn't do.

Really, you should always discuss the defeats because you can learn much more from failure than from success.

A race isn't won until it's over.

When you have something in black and white, you can deal with it quicker.

If you are for a long time at the top you've basically achieved everything you wanted to. Then the ball's breaking stuff starts to be too much: it's not what you do in the car, it's what you do outside the car - the press conferences, the interviews, the sponsorship commitments, the marketing appearances - that sadly go up to a level that the whole package, including the risks you take, the workload you do to get the car to work and for you to be quick in the races, it becomes too much.

Jean Todt's system will never succeed, not even with Michael Schumacher.

I see myself as the mind of the business which takes care of every last detail; if you do not do this you cannot be fast enough.