Damon Hill

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

“I've always had a great sense of my own mortality.”

“You have to be a bit of a masochist to be a racing driver.”

“I am not a Senna, I am not a Schumacher. I am Damon Hill.”

“My father was a racing driver and he was my hero.”

“The pressure in F1 is immense. You are always on the edge.”

“I was an underdog, a guy who had come from nowhere, a guy who had been written off. That was the story of my career.”

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

“You don't expect to be champion of the world.”

“It's a very, very tough sport. It's a bit of a club, and you have to prove that you're one of them.”

“Retirement is a very personal thing. I didn't want to go on and just make up the numbers.”