Alain Prost Quotes

I have no problem with the people who work hard to get success. But I think people are very jealous about success. I work very hard and they don't appreciate that.

I like the mentality of the Americans. It's like when you talk about money.

I have always had this mentality because I hated to break anything on the car.

When I look fast, I'm not smooth and I am going slowly. And when I look slow, I am smooth and going fast.

Without going to what I think is my limit. I always say that my ideal is to get pole with the minimum effort, and to win the race at the slowest speed possible.

It's always better to speak the language of the team. Not only for the direct contact with everyone - sometimes it also helps you to understand the mentality of the people in the team a bit better.

Do you know, why I really love my helmet that much? Because it makes me 15 centimetres taller!

I remember in the first part of the race I was sixth and I could have gone quicker, but I had to go slow. It was one of the most difficult things I have ever done.

You want to have fun but you also want to work well. Sometimes I was quite happy at Ferrari, because we would have fun, but then they could not stop having fun and go back to the real work.

I always work the same way, starting from the beginning of the weekend, so I know at the beginning of the race, from all that I have analysed during the practice, whether I will win the race or not.

I'm brave to say that I won't take this sort of risk.

You were not in control You had no visibility: maybe there was a car in front of you, maybe not.

Some Italians are geniuses, but you have to find a balance.

I was very interested in that. It is very important to have confidence as well as to build up experience.

That is an important part of my success. Another big part of my success is that I hated not to finish a race.

Maybe I am not French, maybe I am from nowhere.

One of my biggest problems this season was with the clutch at the start of the race. I hate to risk the car.

I have had some problems because the French don't like people to have success, they don't like the number one.

You can't always have the best team. It's always a compromise.

I think maybe the English don't want to try something and look stupid, because they are a bit reserved.

When you win a race like this the feeling is very, very good.

I don't like to go over curbs, because I don't want to be hard on the car.