49 Quotes by Niki Lauda

Pressure is always on if you don't perform. There is no question.

Running an airline is the most difficult job in the world. Racing was more dangerous for my life.

Patience is a virtue in life, of course, but it's not something we F1 people have too much of.

People say that F1 is blessed with the 'best drivers in the world,' but I want to witness the 'total best drivers in the world,' and this means taking away the elements that make their job easier.

Cosmetic surgery - it's boring and expensive, and the only thing it could do is give me another face.

I've learnt from my life experience.

I always knew about the risks I was taking. Every year, someone you knew was killed racing. You had to ask yourself, do you enjoy driving these cars so much that you're prepared to take that risk?

When I was in motor racing, I had taken the decision to risk my life. But when you run an airline, and more than 200 people want to go from A to B - and they don't arrive - that's a different responsibility.

There are some good traditions in our culture, one of which is that men dance with women. Soon we will reach the stage where we will all have to publicly apologise for being heterosexual.