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Billy Monger

(1999) Athlete

20 quotes in 84 categories

Billy Monger is an athlete.

Quick Facts About Billy Monger

Born: May 5, 1999
Profession: Athlete

About Billy Monger

[Wikidata] British racing driver... | [Wikipedia] Billy Edmund Albert Monger is a British former racing driver who raced in British F4 in 2016 and 2017. He now works as a commentator and pundit. He has been referred to by the nickname Billy Whizz, after the character in British comic anthology The Beano.

Quotes by Billy Monger

I'm happiest when I'm in the car. I don't have to worry about my A-Levels or my prosthetics or anything. I can…

Always

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When I'm in the car, if you didn't know my story and just saw me driving, you wouldn't know the difference between…

Car

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I just see myself as a driver. The disability plays a part but I don't see myself as disabled.

Driver

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It is weird because a lot of people don't realise, I would struggle for budget. There are moments with the people I…

Moments

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I am a racing driver and I am not just some guy who has had an accident and gone back to racing…

Accident

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They saved my life but the accident was unavoidable so there was no point feeling sorry for myself. I just wanted to…

Accident

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Dad bought me a go-kart when I was two, and I couldn't even drive it until I was six.

Dad

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It's been my dream to race in F1 since I was eight. I don't see why that should change just because I've…

Accident

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Before my accident I had to fund my racing through finding sponsors myself so I am use to it. Obviously at that…

Business

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There are more challenges as an amputee than I had when I was racing with both my legs beforehand but it's something…

Challenges

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If I'm winning races, it means I'm doing a good job. I've put down a marker now, against drivers with a lot…

Car

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But braking is so difficult, especially in single-seaters. You're millimetres from locking up in the braking zones. Having to feel that through…

Back

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Motorsport is all about gaining as much of an advantage as you can and the FIA are there to make sure I…

About

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I don't have time for self-pity. I don't see the point in dwelling on the past.

Dwelling on the past

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I don't like to use 'I can't'. I don't look at my disability as a negative thing.

Like

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Getting back racing gave me the extra motivation in other areas to get back walking in my day to day life and…

Day

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I don't feel like my career path has changed.

Career

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I think I've shown that all the promises I made that I was going to win races were real and not bull.

Bull

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I said it was my dream to drive in F1.

Dream

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When I said I wanted to get back racing my dream was to be an F1 driver. I didn't know how realistic…

Again

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