I am a man who has lived an adventure.

One should query oneself without defence and without limits. If I am unable to see the defects in the machines I create myself, how can I see properly into myself?

Fear is the ultimate leverage of power.

A driver today is an athlete out for hire, his mind is on profit.

The racing cars are our most effective way of making the Ferrari way known, and selling what we produce.

Death will destroy my body, but my creatures will keep on living ever after, in the years to come.

Everyone dreams of driving a Ferrari, it was my intent from the start.

I don’t think there’s a car in the world that hasn’t yet been improved by competition, a car which hasn’t been influenced by others.

No one remembers who took second place and that will never be me.

What we do at Ferrari is elite work.

It is the little things that get me angry. The great traumas are easier: you can always work your way through to reason.

I never tell a lie. Liars lead very complex lives and I am simply afraid of getting caught out. So people conclude that I am cunning.

I go every morning to the cemetery to see my son who died 25 years ago. Knowing that a man is nothing dead. It is death which gives him personality.

Most people think I’m hard, but that is because I don’t want people to know me. I consider myself weak and so I put on a kind of mask. I put it on to hide.

I am not the designer. Other people do that. I am an agitator of men.

You have to have courage to stand up to your critics.

I believe most things can be said in a few lines.

Second is the first of the losers.

If you like this car, we’ll make it. If you don’t, we won’t.

I think of myself as constantly realizing a childhood dream.

Bad luck does not exist.

Racing amuses me.

A man has no need of entertainment. Entertainment only distracts from his duty. If a man has his duty, that is enough.

The fact is I don’t drive just to get from A to B. I enjoy feeling the car’s reactions, becoming part of it.

The era of gentleman racing drivers is ended.

I underestimated the importance of the chassis. I have always given great importance to the engine and much less to the chassis, endeavoring to squeeze out as much power as possible in the conviction that it is engine power which is – not 50% but 80% responsible for success on the track.

Aerodynamics is for those who cannot manufacture good engines.

I am a promoter of ideas. I have to sell ideas that will be realized by others.

The dreams become bigger, much bigger, to build a car that doesn’t slow in the curves, that flies without leaving the ground.

I have always loved the sound of the engine…

I want to build a car that’s faster than all of them, and then I want to die.

My cars must be beautiful. But more than that, they must not stop out on the circuit. For then people will say, ‘What a pity, it was so pretty.’

Equally valuable lessons are learned in defeat and victory.

All we wanted to do was to build a conventional engine, only one that would be outstanding.

I admire women. I admire their passion, their dedication and their appetite for life.

I tried to drive as fast as possible, sometimes a little over what is possible really.

Everything about racing appeals to me.

Ride only for yourself and not for the praise of others.

When there’s thunder, there’s lightning to beware of. And where there’s Ferrari, there’s speed to be had.

Racing is a great mania to which one must sacrifice everything, without reticence, without hesitation.

The key is balance. Open the door too much, you lose all the heat; open it too little and you can’t drive through it.

Formula 1 is passion, technology, danger, emotion.

Victory is achieved through a lot of things, but first and foremost, the mind.

We all have great inner power. The power is self-faith. There’s really an attitude to winning.

Life is 10% of what happens to you and 90% of how you respond to it.

Life has given me so much more than motor racing has.

When there’s smoke around, there’s fire to be found. Where there’s thunder, there’s lightning to beware of. And where there’s Ferrari, there’s speed to be had.

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost.

It’s a great life, but only if you have what it takes.

The worst bankruptcy in the world is the person who has lost their enthusiasm.

I have no use for men who fail.

What’s behind you doesn’t matter.

We wanted to keep racing, while others wanted to start wars. Racing was our passion, and we went right on racing.

There’s more skill in becoming something else, something great. Opportunities rarely present themselves. You have to search for challenges.

A true test of a man’s character is his humility in victory and grace in defeat.

There are two classes: the leaders and the followers.

Everything about racing appeals to me.

A man without a mustache is a man without a soul.

Ride only for yourself and not for the praise of others.

I admire women. I admire their passion, their dedication and their appetite for life.

I tried to drive as fast as possible, sometimes a little over what is possible really.

The car is the closest thing to a living creature one will ever be able to create.

Compromise on the track? Sitting still is to back up.

One must learn how to lose with dignity.

I only race to win.

Enzo Ferrari’s loss is the world’s loss.

The client is not always right.

Race driving is the highest form of professional contest.

I only understand difficult things.

It’s not really true that nothing is impossible.

A professional driver is not a taxi driver.

Racing, competing, it’s in my blood. It’s part of me, it’s part of my life.

My cars are fast because I can’t drive slowly.

If you think I’m hard on my drivers it’s because I expect excellence from them.

Forza Ferrari!

Give me engines, steering wheels to play with, and nice country roads, and I’m happy.

I have never gone on a real trip, never taken a holiday. The best holiday for me is spent in my workshops when nearly everybody else is on vacation.

The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys.

Failure is painful when your opponent is laughing, but there is a pride in facing defeat without running away.

Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits

The world is full of brave men without uniforms.

A man at the race track is worth two anywhere else.

One must learn how to lose with dignity.

It is not always the horse that makes the jockey famous

The key is balance. Open the door too much, you lose all the heat; open it too little and you can’t drive through it.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.

To finish first, you must first finish.

What’s behind you doesn’t matter.

I think an engineer sits down and uses a slide rule. I attack problems through intuition.

The faster you go, the more exciting life is.

Racing cars is much more important than making cars for the road

We build sports cars, not SUVs.

One must keep working continuously; otherwise, one thinks of death.

I don’t like driving in the city. I don’t like traffic. I hate traffic lights.

I love cars, racing, and everything connected to it. Cars are beautiful creatures.

If you can dream it, you can do it.

Race cars are neither beautiful nor ugly. They become beautiful when they win.

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.

Aerodynamics are for people who can’t build engines.