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Ayrton Senna

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Ayrton Senna is one of those voices you encounter and immediately want to hear more from. Whether reflecting on Car or Work, Ayrton Senna brought uncommon clarity to every subject. Browse 15 quotes by Ayrton Senna that cover ground from Car, Work, Women, Power, and Money. Start here and see if you agree: "Fear is exciting for me."

“Fear is exciting for me.”

— Ayrton Senna

Fear

All Quotes by Ayrton Senna

“I was already on pole, then by half a second and then one second and I just kept going. Suddenly I was nearly two seconds faster than anybody else, including my team mate with the same car.”

— Ayrton Senna

Car

“And suddenly I realised that I was no longer driving the car consciously. I was driving it by a kind of instinct, only I was in a different dimension.”

— Ayrton Senna

Car

“Women - always in trouble with them, but can't live without them.”

— Ayrton Senna

Women

“I have no idols. I admire work, dedication and competence.”

— Ayrton Senna

Work

“These things bring you to reality as to how fragile you are at the same moment you are doing something that nobody else is able to do. The same moment that you are seen as the best, the fastest and somebody that cannot be touched, you are enormously fragile.”

— Ayrton Senna

Best

“And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high.”

— Ayrton Senna

Experience

“When you are fitted in a racing car and you race to win, second or third place is not enough.”

— Ayrton Senna

Car

“I continuously go further and further learning about my own limitations, my body limitation, psychological limitations. It's a way of life for me.”

— Ayrton Senna

Learning

“Wealthy men can't live in an island that is encircled by poverty. We all breathe the same air. We must give a chance to everyone, at least a basic chance.”

— Ayrton Senna

Men

“Money is a strange business. People who haven't got it aim it strongly. People who have are full of troubles.”

— Ayrton Senna

Business

“If you have God on your side, everything becomes clear.”

— Ayrton Senna

Faith

“Fear is exciting for me.”

— Ayrton Senna

Fear