18 Quotes by Juan Manuel Fangio

The driver of a racing car is a component. When I first began, I used to grip the steering wheel firmly, and I changed gear so hard that I damaged my hand.

In my day it was 75 percent car and mechanic, 25 percent driver and luck. Today it's 95 percent car.

Never think of your car as a cold machine, but as a hot-blooded horse.

I learned to approach racing like a game of billiards. If you bash the ball too hard, you get nowhere. As you handle the cue properly, you drive with more finesse.

You need great passion, because everything you do with great pleasure, you do well.

Driving fast on the track does not scare me. What scares me is when I drive on the highway I get passed by some idiot who thinks he is Fangio.

You must always strive to be the best, but you must never believe that you are.

Women rule our lives, don’t they?

In my day it was 75 percent car and mechanic, 25 percent driver and luck. Today it’s 95 percent car.