Juan Fangio Quotes & Sayings

Women rule our lives, don't they? — Juan Manuel Fangio

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

I am moved by the desire to see and to be seen, to grow and to unveil the mysteries of life and, at the same time, by the aspiration that life will continue to reveal new mysteries and new possibilities. — Rod Stryker

A crazy man finishes in the cemetery. — Juan Manuel Fangio

When I raced with Mercedes, I thought I'd learn German. But my wife didn't want to live in Germany. — Juan Manuel Fangio

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

Everything has changed. When I was at school and was told I had better learn English, I said: What for? The English are a hell of a long way away! — Juan Manuel Fangio

I told my nephew that if he wanted to get on in motor racing, the first thing he should do was master English. Thank goodness he now speaks it. — Juan Manuel Fangio

When I first came out of Argentina to Europe, the flight took 36 hours. Now it takes 12 hours, and the world is still shrinking. — Juan Manuel Fangio

In my time, you needed to speak a little Italian, and that was it. — Juan Manuel Fangio

You need great passion, because everything you do with great pleasure, you do well. — Juan Manuel Fangio

Everyone in the world disagrees with me, including some managers, but I think managing in the American League is much more difficult for that very reason (having the designated hitter). In the National League, my situation is dictated for me. If I'm behind in the game, I've got to pinch hit. I've got to take my pitcher out. In the American League, you have to zero in. You have to know exactly when to take them out of there. In the National League, that's done for you. — Jim Leyland

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. — Juan Manuel Fangio

Love is beautiful,
A beautiful deception.
One falls in it
To deceive the other — Amit Abraham

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

Until you take time to discover yourself, you never know what you can achieve or how far you can go — Sunday Adelaja

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. — Juan Manuel Fangio

Juan Fangio was the great man of racing, whilst Stirling Moss was the epitome of a racing driver. — Jackie Stewart

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. — Juan Manuel Fangio

The best classroom of all times was about two car lengths behind Juan Manuel Fangio. — Stirling Moss

I never felt like I had to rebel against my convent upbringing, because it was comparatively regular. — Sharon Horgan