100 Quotes by Alex Zanardi

My accident was the result of incredible fate, with me spinning in a place I shouldn't have, with a car coming at a speed it shouldn't have, and hitting me with the sharpest and strongest thing that it has, which is the nose, in the most vulnerable part of the car, which is between the side part and the front wheel.

I don't think of myself as Superman, but if a genie came up to me now and granted me a wish to take my legs back, for sure I would take them - but it would take some time to accept.

Today, I don't have any psychological scars, because I am a realist and an optimist. After all, I can't lose my legs twice.

After I finished racing in the United States, I received a lot of criticism for being dangerous, a little bit stupid, insane, you name it.

I feel very lucky, I feel my life is a never-ending privilege.

Proving to my friends, family, and the people that I love that they were wrong - that in spite of my age and my lack of experience, I could change sport and achieve something really special - gives me a lot of satisfaction.

The first time the doctors put on my prosthetic legs they made me much taller than I'd ever been. I then remember the doctor saying 'we need to shorten this man' and we all were in hysterics.

My heart stopped seven times and I had to be resuscitated seven times. It's incredible I'm still here so every day I feel happy to have a second chance but I'm sorry to say I didn't see any tunnel or any light at the end of it.

The U.S. is where I was given the greatest opportunity to turn my life from a very nice one to an exceptional one.