Quotes by Damon Hill

“You should never feel comfortable. There is something wrong if you are. You should always feel under threat, on the edge of your seat and pushing yourself. Win one and you want to win more. Its never-ending.”

“Winning is everything. The only ones who remember you when you come second are your wife and your dog.”

“When you get into a pack of cars, then you feel the problem worst, handicapping the driver and handicapping our ability to race. When theres a crosswind, the cars suffer badly as well, which makes them even more difficult to control. They are always fun to drive, but motor racing should be about the best drivers racing the best cars, which offers the best challenge, and my feeling now is that we have come to a bit of a cul-de-sac.”

“The whole experience is rising to the challenge every time. You never know what might happen. You might be talking to the future world champion.”

“At the start of the year, I felt that given the machinery, there were bound to be places where I would win because of sheer chance. I didnt want to rely on that because I knew I had to show my ability. So I looked at the season and made an assessment as to where my best opportunities might come.”

“If someone is being absolutely critical of me as a driver, what could they say? I am also critical of myself to try and keep things in perspective. That is very important.”

“I think at times I appear to be miserable when I am not... I might be having quite a good thought at that moment, but it seems I look miserable. I am not.”

“Winter testing is essential but there comes a point where you have had enough of all the rehearsals and the pretend racing. You just want to get down to the real action.”

“I try to keep myself on an even keel by trying to be as critical of myself as I am of other people. I try to separate my performance from myself.”

“The British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We dont like being singled out in any way, and I think that is something which is important for me to learn to do.”