Damon Hill

“You have to be a bit of a masochist to be a racing driver.”

“I am not a Senna, I am not a Schumacher. I am Damon Hill.”

“The pressure in F1 is immense. You are always on the edge.”

“I was an underdog, a guy who had come from nowhere, a guy who had been written off. That was the story of my career.”

“It's a very, very tough sport. It's a bit of a club, and you have to prove that you're one of them.”

“Winning is everything. The only ones who remember you when you come second are your wife and your dog.”

“I've always had a great sense of my own mortality.”

“My father was a racing driver and he was my hero.”

“Racing is a great mania to which one must sacrifice everything, without reticence, without hesitation.”

“You don't expect to be champion of the world.”

“Retirement is a very personal thing. I didn't want to go on and just make up the numbers.”