127 Quotes by Jenson Button

I haven’t got the yacht any more. The cost of running it was crazy. But it was so much fun while I had it. I don’t regret it.

I need to develop a car and engineer a car in a position that feels comfortable for me, and I don’t think anyone can do a better job than I can in that position. The problem for me is if I can’t get the car there I do struggle more than some.

It doesn’t matter how much money you’ve got, or how many connections, there’s always something you want that’s out of reach.

When it comes to my racing career I’m very driven and very selfish. People who are around me at races will know that I’m a different person here than in my personal life. I completely blank people at races. I need to be focused. I’m rude.

If someone was making a movie about F1 in the last six months, they wouldn’t need to add a Hollywood ending. If they do make that movie, it’s got to be ‘The Curious Case Of ,’ where I’ve lived my life backwards. I’d like Johnny Depp to play me but he wouldn’t be quite right.

I keep my weight low, although you need to be able to move your weight around the race car to change the balance. I’m 6ft and I’m 70kg so I haven’t much fat on me.

A lot of people think Formula One isn’t a sport because everyone drives a car when they go to work in the morning. But we’re pulling up to six G on a corner or during breaking, which is almost like being a fighter pilot. So we have to do a lot of work on our neck muscles.

In the car and in front of the camera I tend to be very calm but behind the scenes I can get fired up and passionate, I just don’t see the need to shout my mouth off in public.

It doesn’t matter who wins if I don’t. I only care if I win. I’m jealous of anyone else who wins.