Jackie Stewart Quotes

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• I would have been a much more popular Wolrd Champion if I had always said what people wanted to hear. I might have been dead,…
• It takes leadership to improve safety. And I started off the movement in my time, but the person who has done more over the past…
• The years I raced in were fantastic. There was so much change in the cars. We went from treaded tyres to no wings right through…
• There is no doubt that Formula 1 has the best risk management of any sport and any industry in the world.
• When there is an accident involving fire, in most cases death is caused by the inhalation of the toxic smoke. What we need is air…
• Juan Fangio was the great man of racing, whilst Stirling Moss was the epitome of a racing driver.
• In my sport, the quick are too often listed among the dead
• For a quick lap at the Nrburgring, you've probably experienced more in seven minutes...than most people have experienced in all their life in the way…
• It is not always possible to be the best, but it is always possible to improve your own performance.
• There's enough Ferraris here to eat a plate of spaghetti.
• Oh yes. It's not when you brake but when you take them off that counts. Most people don't understand that.
• Cornering perfectly is like bringing a woman to climax.
• Nobody's perfect, but all of us can be better than we are.
• It takes leadership to improve safety.
• There has been a huge advance in technology, which has improved the safety of the cars incredibly, but there are still some heavy crash impacts…
• From today I am no longer a racing driver. I'm retired and I am very happy.
• In one year I travelled 450,000 miles by air.
• When I was racing, we were more used to seeing some horrific accidents. For example, Michael Schumacher is a great world champion, but I haven't…
• We were racing at circuits where there were no crash barriers in front of the pits, and fuel was lying about in churns in the…
• Cornering is like bringing a woman to climax.

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