Ayrton Senna quotes - page 2

Ayrton Senna was a Brazilian Formula One racing driver widely regarded as one of the greatest in the sport's history. His exceptional speed, driving skills, and fierce determination made him a legend both on and off the track. He inspired millions with his passion and remains an enduring icon in motorsports. Here are 47 of his quotes:

On a given day, a given circumstance, you think you have a limit. (Ayrton Senna)
Then suddenly something just kicked me. I kind of woke up and realised that I was in a different atmosphere than you normally are. My immediate reaction was to back off, slow down. View quote
Ayrton Senna
It was like I was in a tunnel. Not only the tunnel under the hotel but the whole circuit was a tunnel. I was just going and going, more and more and more and more. I was way over the limit but still able to find even more. View quote
Ayrton Senna
It's going to be a season with lots of accidents, and I'll risk saying that we'll be lucky if something really serious doesn't happen. View quote
Ayrton Senna
When you are fitted in a racing car and you race to win, second or third place is not enough. View quote
Ayrton Senna
You must take the compromise to win, or else nothing. That means: you race or you do not. View quote
Ayrton Senna
Of course there are moments that you wonder how long you should be doing it because there are other aspects which are not nice, of this lifestyle. But I just love winning. View quote
Ayrton Senna
I was already on pole, then by half a second and then one second and I just kept going. Suddenly I was nearly two seconds faster than anybody else, including my team mate with the same car. View quote
Ayrton Senna
If you no longer go for a gap that exists, you're no longer a racing driver. View quote
Ayrton Senna
If you take away Eau Rouge, you take away the reason why I do this. View quote
Ayrton Senna
If I ever happen to have an accident that eventually costs me my life, I hope it is in one go. I would not like to be in a wheelchair. I would not like to be in a hospital suffering from whatever injury it was. If I'm going to live, I want to live fully, very intensely, because I am an intense person. It would ruin my life if I had to live partially. (Ayrton Senna)
I won and I'm happy and that is it. View quote
Ayrton Senna
Because in a split second, it's gone. View quote
Ayrton Senna
Women - always in trouble with them, but can't live without them. View quote
Ayrton Senna
Basically our championship starts here. Fourteen races, not sixteen. It's not a comfortable position to be in, but that's the reality. The team is conscious about the challenge we have to make to recover the ground over Benetton. View quote
Ayrton Senna
I am not designed to come second or third. I am designed to win. View quote
Ayrton Senna
The best driver in Grand Prix racing, the best driver in the world by a long way. View quote
Ayrton Senna
The guy is head and shoulders ahead of everybody else currently in Formula One. View quote
Ayrton Senna
I tried to find weaknesses in Senna, but I couldn't. He is 100 per cent in everything. I learned a lot from him, so for me it was a good three years. And I still like Senna. We had good fun, a good relationship. View quote
Ayrton Senna
He might have been the greatest driver of all time. There was not a weakness in Ayrton Senna. View quote
Ayrton Senna
He got to a position where he was only equalled probably, by Fangio. (Ayrton Senna)
Still we celebrate Ayrton Senna, twenty five years after losing him on May Day 1994. I was in that race, driving the McLaren that he stepped out of to go to Williams. Terrible day... such tragedy, such loss, such a waste of God-given talent. There's only one thing that would make me happier today, and that surprisingly enough is not driving this car, it'd be standing in the pitlane waiting to interview our friend Ayrton after he'd had another drive of this amazing racing car. Obrigado, Senna. View quote
Ayrton Senna

Ayrton Senna

Ayrton Senna - Image
Photo: Instituto Ayrton Senna, CC BY 2.0
Occupation: Brazilian Celebrity
Born: March 21, 1960
Died: May 1, 1994
Quotes count: 47
Wikipedia: Ayrton Senna

Related authors

Alain Prost - thumbnail
Alain Prost  30 
French Driver
Michael Schumacher - thumbnail
Michael Schumacher  45 
German Celebrity
Niki Lauda - thumbnail
Niki Lauda  33 
Austrian Athlete
Nigel Mansell - thumbnail
Nigel Mansell  14 
British Athlete
Nelson Piquet - thumbnail
Nelson Piquet  8 
Brazilian Celebrity
Lewis Hamilton - thumbnail
Lewis Hamilton  14 
British Driver
James Hunt - thumbnail
James Hunt  2 
British Driver
Sebastian Vettel - thumbnail
Sebastian Vettel  41 
German Driver
Emerson Fittipaldi - thumbnail
Emerson Fittipaldi  21 
Brazilian Driver
Fernando Alonso - thumbnail
Fernando Alonso  15 
Spanish Driver