Alain Prost Quotes, Thoughts and images

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

Does it scare me, driving into nothing at 300kph? - Of course it does - I'm not an idiot.

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

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

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

So in fact the only thing you can judge in this sport its the long-term. You can judge a career or a season, but not one race.

A German team could be quite good. But maybe they are a little bit too convinced that they are the best.

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

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

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

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

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

It's not too good to have this attitude in F1. It could be a disadvantage.

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

People don't understand that it was maybe my biggest pleasure to drive an F1 car when it's wet.

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

In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place.

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

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