Bernie Ecclestone Quotes
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I have always been happy to have daughters rather than sons. You never really can be mad at girls for anything in life.
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I think in the end officials in each country's judicial system will do what they believe is right because if they do something bad to somebody it's on their conscience for the rest of their lives.
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You can't compare eras. But drivers of each era adapt to the needs and climate of their time. There are good and bad points to every era of the sport. I'm not really nostalgic about the past.
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It's the best thing to happen to a sport, that you have a superstar. In football there is always something to write about the Beckhams, same as people want to write about Rooney or Hooney or whatever his bloody name is.
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I'd rather the handshake for somebody that I can trust than a contract. Because you can read the bloody contract - perhaps if you made a little bit of a mistake writing it - in a way to suit you.
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My dad always took to his heels when a nappy change was necessary. I am so much looking forward to our child. It is such a wonderfully exciting time right now.
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People want to build new circuits around the world and they say: 'We'll come to Silverstone and have a look how it's done', and I tell them to stay away.
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It'd be good for the world if [Donald Trump] won.
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Actually I think I have forgotten how it was back then. Or probably not - I didn't qualify. There were only 16 cars in the race.
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You can't make decisions if there are no charges or issues to deal with. So it's quite normal to wait until there is some reason to react.
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The banks don't have anything - no rights whatsoever. The banks are shareholders of SLEC, and SLEC has no rights. I am the CEO of Formula One Management and Formula One Administration, which runs the business in F1. From this point of view, I own F1.
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If you're going to take the attitude, I don't think it will work, you will never do anything.
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Forget what others whisper in your ears. Most of that is pure rubbish that obstructs the view to what really is important. Always make your own decisions. That is what makes us human.
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Lewis [Hamilton] is a hero in the UK. The British love Formula One. Sebastian (Vettel) is also not doing much for F1. People hardly recognize him on the street.
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I believe when you say you're going to start a race at 2 p.m. then you should stick to that and start the race at 2 p.m. There's no maybe, could be or should be. You start the race on time. It's very simple.
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I never neglected my daughters - quite the opposite - but I suppose I could have and should have spent more time with them.
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[Maurizio Arrivabene is quite a character] but only for himself and not for Formula One.
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When there is more money at stake it affects the atmosphere and things become more businesslike.
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I always thought that dads in the old days where rather macho types who wouldn't get close to a baby, let alone change nappies.
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It's not as easy as that... it's disappointing to think that all these countries spend a lot of money trying to get the Olympics.
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You have to hope that your opponents are unlucky. Never only rely on your own luck.
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I have a lot of faith in justice systems around the world even though there were cases in the past where that faith wasn't justified in some countries.
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You need to have proper management if you're going to move forward.
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I simply scraped together all my experience and put it into the sport.
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I've never told anybody this, so I don't know if maybe you shouldn't print it, but I've made plans. I'm only going to continue doing this for another 25 years.
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Nico [Rosberg] is not seeking the limelight as Lewis [Hamilton] does. Lewis wants to be famous.
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My daughters have strong personalities. I'm close to them but they don't really need me to advise them on how to manage their lives and they don't ask me to do that.
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Women should be all dressed in white like all the other domestic appliances.
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Bernie [Ecclestone] is the commercial rights holder so the more outgoing the champion is, the better. Of course. I also do think about our sport and want to make an effort - but in my own way. I am Nico [Rosberg] and not Lewis [Hamilton]!
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Anyone who doesn't speak English isn't worth speaking to
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