61 Quotes by Alain Prost

I remember in the first part of the race I was sixth and I could have gone quicker, but I had to go slow. It was one of the most difficult things I have ever done.

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.

Three times before 1985, I just missed the title, so winning was a relief.

I was looking at the history of the sport and I couldn't understand why there have been so many good South American drivers, especially Brazilians.

When you win a race like this the feeling is very, very good. There have been times when I have been flat-out to finish sixth, but you can't see that from the outside. In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place. I pushed like mad, yet everyone was gathered around the winner and they were thinking that I was just trundling around. But that's motor racing. So in fact the only thing you can judge in this sport is the long term. You can judge a career or a season, but not one race.

When I drove for British teams... they called me The Tadpole because I was too small to be a frog.

Do you know, why I really love my helmet that much? Because it makes me 15 centimetres taller!

Does it scare me, driving into nothing at 300kph? - Of course it does - I'm not an idiot...

When I look fast, I'm not smooth and I am going slowly. And when I look slow, I am smooth and going fast.