Alain Prost quotes

I have no problem with the people who work hard to get success. But I think people are very jealous about success. I work very hard and they don't appreciate that. (Alain Prost)
Sometimes I think I could have got some better results if I had a different mentality; if I could have pushed hard and attacked. But then I would have had a good chance of making a mistake. View quote
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People don't understand that it was maybe my biggest pleasure to drive an F1 car when it's wet. View quote
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It's not too good to have this attitude in F1. It could be a disadvantage. View quote
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Without going to what I think is my limit. I always say that my ideal is to get pole with the minimum effort, and to win the race at the slowest speed possible. View quote
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I always work the same way, starting from the beginning of the weekend, so I know at the beginning of the race, from all that I have analysed during the practice, whether I will win the race or not. View quote
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When you win a race like this the feeling is very, very good. View quote
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The people who criticise you will not be the ones taking care of your legs when you are in your wheelchair. People who never drove a car in these conditions, they just don't know. View quote
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I'm brave to say that I won't take this sort of risk. View quote
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In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place. View quote
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So in fact the only thing you can judge in this sport its the longterm. You can judge a career or a season, but not one race. (Alain Prost)
You can't always have the best team. It's always a compromise. View quote
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Some Italians are geniuses, but you have to find a balance. View quote
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You want to have fun but you also want to work well. Sometimes I was quite happy at Ferrari, because we would have fun, but then they could not stop having fun and go back to the real work. View quote
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A German team could be quite good. But maybe they are a little bit too convinced that they are the best. View quote
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I was very interested in that. It is very important to have confidence as well as to build up experience. View quote
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I like the mentality of the Americans. It's like when you talk about money. View quote
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I have had some problems because the French don't like people to have success, they don't like the number one. View quote
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That is an important part of my success. Another big part of my success is that I hated not to finish a race. View quote
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Maybe I am not French, maybe I am from nowhere. View quote
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I have always had this mentality because I hated to break anything on the car. (Alain Prost)
One of my biggest problems this season was with the clutch at the start of the race. I hate to risk the car. View quote
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You were not in control You had no visibility: maybe there was a car in front of you, maybe not. View quote
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I think maybe the English don't want to try something and look stupid, because they are a bit reserved. View quote
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When I test I never go right to the limit. Only because when you are below the limit you can go at the same speed all day, and that's the only way you can be absolutely sure about what you are testing. View quote
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