Jackie Stewart

“Motor racing is a dangerous sport, but that doesn't mean we have to have a death wish.”

“I have dyslexia, and I find it very difficult to read and write. It's a learning disability, but it's not a disability in life.”

“If you are not in the business of continuing to be better, you will not be in business.”

“Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all the time thing. You don't win once in a while... you don't do things right once in a while... you do them right all the time. Winning is a habit.”

“From the cockpit, I could see the crowd were all on their feet, and I knew that was the day I would be world champion.”

“When I was in the car, I was in a different world. When I was out of the car, I was a different person.”

“There's nothing wrong with being a professional. I think the word has been misused; it's been taken to mean someone who is cold and calculating, but I don't see it that way.”

“The most important thing for a racing driver is to be able to slow a car down.”

“It is not a question of going straight from A to B. It’s a question of making sure that you have a risk-assessed A and a risk-assessed B.”