Latest Niki Lauda Quotes from Interviews

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• If you are a straightforward racing driver you should always see your limits. You have to be objective and not come up with any bullshit.

  Niki Lauda

  Bullshit, Racing, Limits

  Source: www.grandprix.com

• You have a brake in your brain that stops you doing stupid things. The older you are, the earlier that brake comes on. When you're 20 you stop at nothing; when you're older you're cleverer than when you're 20, so your brain brake operates more often!

  Niki Lauda

  Stupid, Brain, Brake

  Source: www.grandprix.com

• When you have the chance to fight for victory or a podium finish, you have the motivation to push that extra bit out of yourself.

  Niki Lauda

  Motivation, Fighting, Victory

  Source: www.grandprix.com

• To make a decision you need to be in a perfect environment: you have to be motivated and surrounded by the right people.

  Niki Lauda

  People, Perfect, Decision

  Source: www.grandprix.com

• When things change a lot, some guys handle the change better than others, but that doesn't mean the guys that take longer to get the hang of things are suddenly slow drivers!

  Niki Lauda

  Mean, Guy, Things Change

  Source: www.grandprix.com

• I was not interested at all in Formula One when I left; I was very busy with my airline. But slowly I started missing the adrenaline rush and the driving of such fantastic cars at the limit. In reality this urge never disappears when you're a top driver, because I think we're a different breed of people, we need to take chances, we need to push ourselves to the limit all the time, that sort of thing. It stays with you, although you can kill it by losing motivation or other things in your life, but it never leaves you forever.

  Niki Lauda

  Motivation, Reality, Thinking

  Source: www.grandprix.com

• It was the same with Schumacher: the need for the adrenaline rush, to push himself to the limit was always there. So without a Formula One car to race with he went on to do motorcycle racing and other stupid things, and obviously that wasn't enough to keep him happy, so he had a problem to sort out and returning to racing was his answer to the problem.

  Niki Lauda

  Stupid, Race, Car

  Source: www.grandprix.com

• If you are for a long time at the top you've basically achieved everything you wanted to. Then the ball's breaking stuff starts to be too much: it's not what you do in the car, it's what you do outside the car - the press conferences, the interviews, the sponsorship commitments, the marketing appearances - that sadly go up to a level that the whole package, including the risks you take, the workload you do to get the car to work and for you to be quick in the races, it becomes too much.

  Niki Lauda

  Commitment, Race, Long

  Source: www.grandprix.com

• From success, you learn absolutely nothing. From failure and setbacks conclusions can be drawn. That goes for your private life as well as your career.

  Niki Lauda

  Careers, Conclusion, Wells

  Source: www.european-business.com

• The air travel industry moves into a new phase every five to six years.

  Niki Lauda

  Moving, Air, Years

  Source: www.european-business.com

• Really, you should always discuss the defeats because you can learn much more from failure than from success.

  Niki Lauda

  Defeat, Should

  Source: www.european-business.com

• To be honest, it is boring to talk about winning.

  Niki Lauda

  Winning, Honest, Being Honest

  Source: www.european-business.com

• I maintain that the maxim is still to be faster than the others.

  Niki Lauda

  Faster, Maxims, Stills

  Source: www.european-business.com

• Business is much less transparent than a win in a Grand Prix; in a race you drive over the finishing line first and you have won. In business it is different.

  Niki Lauda

  Winning, Race, Finishing

  Source: www.european-business.com

• The less you talk, the more time you have for the essential things.

  Niki Lauda

  Essentials, More Time

  Source: www.european-business.com

• When you have something in black and white, you can deal with it quicker.

  Niki Lauda

  Black And White, White, Black

  Source: www.european-business.com

• You must always be faster and better than the others.

  Niki Lauda

  Faster

  Source: www.european-business.com

• Whenever there is discussion, I make it clear that I do not want any grey zones, just black and white.

  Niki Lauda

  Black And White, Want, Grey

  Source: www.european-business.com

• Grey zones do not interest me at all.

  Niki Lauda

  Grey, Interest, Zone

  Source: www.european-business.com

• Don't talk too much, be focused on the goal and achieve it.

  Niki Lauda

  Goal, Too Much, Achieve

  Source: www.european-business.com

• Whenever I see something that challenges me, I take it on.

  Niki Lauda

  Challenges

  Source: www.european-business.com

• I am someone who places great value on the detail. That was always the case, even in my days as a racing driver.

  Niki Lauda

  Racing, Details, Cases

  Source: www.european-business.com

• You must always aim for further growth.

  Niki Lauda

  Growth, Aim

  Source: www.european-business.com

• I see myself as a classic middle market entrepreneur, and this is the role I fulfil.

  Niki Lauda

  Entrepreneur, Roles, Classic

  Source: www.european-business.com

• I see myself as the mind of the business which takes care of every last detail; if you do not do this you cannot be fast enough.

  Niki Lauda

  Mind, Details, Care

  Source: www.european-business.com