56 Quotes by Damon Hill

You should never feel comfortable. There is something wrong if you are. You should always feel under threat, on the edge of your seat and pushing yourself. Win one and you want to win more. It’s never-ending.

People ask me to describe myself, but it’s a very personal thing. You don’t feel comfortable.

If I am pushed I will push back, that is the way I am. I am very British. We don’t like to be pushed around. When the chips are down we might have to step into grey areas.

To be honest, I think for part of my late teens my character didn’t really develop very much. I was in a state of cold storage.

If I am treated fairly, I like to do things in a fair manner. That is the way I have been all my career. I haven’t tried to do things in an underhanded way.

I am a brush, the car is my track and the artist my canvas.

The British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We don’t like being singled out in any way, and I think that is something which is important for me to learn to do.

The problem comes when you say that danger is part of the equation. Then you don’t do any more work on safety. That shouldn’t happen.

Because it is my second season with the team, no time has been wasted in getting to know the people I’m working with. I am aware of what the team is capable of and how the organisation works, and they are familiar with what makes me tick.