Winning is everything, but you must also remember to enjoy the journey.

Every lap I drive is a step closer to achieving my goal.

I decided on a vision. I think I maybe join Toyota at the midpoint of a project, whose long-term goal is winning world championships. Also I have my big ambition, the drivers’ world championship. That is not abandoned – entirely the opposite. I am young enough and motivated enough to make a new start in order to reach this goal.

In football, I need full concentration even though I really enjoy it.

Nascar will certainly not be one of my challenges in the future.

When you drive, you are at the edge of your ability. The car is at the edge, and you are at the edge.

I don’t think about the records. I don’t even think about winning.

I have to say it’s been tough to leave the Ferrari family, which has been a big part of my career.

My kids are not known, and I think that is very important. So far they have lived a normal life, and will continue to do so. I feel they should have the possibility to live a free life without the burden of fame I have created.

I didn’t have statistics in my mind when I was racing. It was always a consequence – a nice consequence. I enjoyed it, but it wasn’t the reason I was racing.

The best car is the one you’re driving at that moment.

I have what you might call the South Pole and the North Pole. I have my team and my work, which I do on one side, and I have my family and my home on the other side. Both have nothing really to do with each other.

Those who have come into Formula One without experiencing cars devoid of electronic aids will find it tough. To control 800 horse power relying just on arm muscles and foot sensitivity can turn out to be a dangerous exercise.

Technology has certainly reduced performance differences among drivers. Whereas a talented driver could get a half-second out of every lap in the past, nowadays talent makes up for only about one or two tenths of a second. But the driver is still the key factor.

I have been a huge fan of America, as I find their way of life there is pretty unique, and I have enjoyed a lot of good times over there.

I’m not a celebrity. I’m a person who does a job that I love.

I like to share my life, and spend time with someone I love. That has worked 100 per cent with my wife.

The more precisely I can drive, the more I enjoy myself.

I’m not very comfortable with what people sometimes say or think about me – things I don’t feel responsible for.

When you are part of a community for 14 years, it inevitably shapes you. I will always have a part of Ferrari beside me; a part of my heart will always be red.

When you are racing, it’s life. Anything that happens before or after is just waiting.

I like working in a team, and at Ferrari there is always good cooperation.

Mika Hakkinen was the best opponent (I’ve had) in terms of his quality, but the biggest admiration I had for him was we had 100% fight on track but a totally disciplined life off track. We respected each other highly and let each other live quietly.

Never think that success is down to your own performance alone. If you start listening only to yourself you take the first step back towards the bottom. The flowers of victory belong in many vases.

Let’s put it this way, I like number seven.

Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.

I retired simply because I didn’t have the passion and motivation anymore, I was tired. At the time I thought, ‘Well, I had a great time, there is the end.’ At some moment there is the right time to call it an end.

The first thing, when I got the money, I knew I would support somebody. And the person I supported was my family. Because we were really in debt with the money. And – so I gave to my father this suitcase full of money. And he couldn’t believe it. And that was something very special.

Losing composure is pointless.

Your ups and downs in sports, I think they are as normal as daily life: One day you wake up and feel great, the next day you wake up and feel maybe less great.

You have to be mentally strong, but also very relaxed.

I think I was five when I had my real first go-kart.

If you do things to the limit, and don’t purposely go over that limit, then I think it’s fine to do whatever you want. So long as you enjoy it. That’s what’s important.

Sometimes minor details can have a huge impact. If you don’t devote 100 percent of your efforts to every detail, you immediately run into difficulties.

Somehow I have managed to delay looking old. In reality I have good genes.

I race to win, not to please.

I’m Michael Schumacher. I don’t need to test my driving ability.

I always thought records were there to be broken.

Everyone is replaceable, including me.

I know what I am, and what I have to do in my profession, so I can handle the pressure. It’s the way I think.

The key to my success is hard work and passion for racing.

I cant really imagine life without Formula One.

You win a race, the next race it’s a question mark. Are you still the best or not? That’s what is funny. But that’s what is interesting. And that’s what is challenging. You have to prove yourself every time.

First, you have to finish.

I will do everything I can to bring the Number One to Ferrari. The whole team and all the fans deserve it.

I don’t feel pressure. I feel the excitement of the challenge.

Just being a mediocre driver has never been my ambition. That’s not my style.

I just want to be known as a very normal person and be treated as that and be able to walk down the street like anyone else.

I’ve always believed that you should never, ever give up and you should always keep fighting even when there’s only a slightest chance.

Once something is a passion, the motivation is there.