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"Anyone can support a team that is winning - it takes no courage. But to stand behind a team to defend a team when it is down and really needs you, that takes a lot of courage."
"I think extreme sports are really good for relieving stress."
"If all the year were playing holidays; To sport would be as tedious as to work."
"I race to win. If I am on the bike or in a car it will always be the same."
"I am delighted to have you play football. I believe in rough, manly sports. But I do not believe in them if they degenerate into the sole end of any one's existence. I don't want you to sacrifice standing well in your studies to any over-athleticism; and I need not tell you that character counts for a great deal more than either intellect or body in winning success in life. Athletic proficiency is a mighty good servant, and like so many other good servants, a mighty bad master."
"Realise there is always somebody else in the World who's not coping as well as you are."
"Christianity is not a spectator sport. It's something in which we become totally involved."
"I would have probably stolen cars - it would have given me the same adrenaline rush as racing."
"Formula One was a very dangerous sport. It still is dangerous. But the danger factor is also the exciting part."
"It's not so much what you accomplish in life that really matters, but what you overcome that proves who you are, what you are, and whether you are a champion."
"Life is about timing and overcoming difficult things."
"When launching a product called an Energy Drink and named Red Bull, a product that stimulates body and mind, it is a short step to the roots where Red Bull came from. We have been doing this for 20 years - now its called adventure sports, extreme sports, and outdoor sports."
"Writing is like a contact sport, like football. You can get hurt, but you enjoy it."
"Somebody will always break your records. It is how you live that counts."
"Knowledge isn’t power until it is applied."
"Water continually dropping will wear hard rocks hollow."
"The racing driver's mind has to have the ability to have amazing anticipation, coordination, and reflex. Because of the speed the car goes."
"My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win... channel your energy. Focus."
"I didn't get into teaching and coaching for the number of wins or the money. It was a passion for trying to help young people"
"If I am pushed I will push back, that is the way I am. I am very British. We don't like to be pushed around. When the chips are down we might have to step into grey areas."
