Latest Michael Schumacher Quotes from Interviews

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• Ferrari always tries to get the best possible drivers, and my fellow team members have always been highly promising people.

  Michael Schumacher

  Team, People, Trying

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• Everyone is replaceable, including me.

  Michael Schumacher

  Including

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• If I didn't even stand a chance of winning races and competing for the title, I don't think I would be that interested in continuing my career.

  Michael Schumacher

  Winning, Thinking, Race

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• Ferrari's only objective is to be at the top, in other words, to compete for the World Championship. That's our right. Winning is another matter. It wouldn't be a disgrace to come in second after a tough fight.

  Michael Schumacher

  Fighting, Winning, Ferrari

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• An engineer can look at the data, but he needs a translator from the cockpit - the driver - to understand it completely. For example, only the driver can tell you why he abruptly takes his foot off the gas pedal at a certain point. The data doesn't necessarily tell the engineer whether the driver made a mistake at that point or the car was acting up. The information the driver provides often helps determine the direction of development.

  Michael Schumacher

  Mistake, Data, Feet

  Source: www.spiegel.de

• Technology has certainly reduced performance differences among drivers. Whereas a talented driver could get a half-second out of every lap in the past, nowadays talent makes up for only about one or two tenths of a second. But the driver is still the key factor.

  Michael Schumacher

  Past, Technology, Keys

  Source: www.spiegel.de

• The switch from ten-cylinder to eight-cylinder engines means that each manufacturer has to redevelop its power train. Not all will manage to successfully combine performance with reliability the first time around. That could shake things up a bit when it comes team hierarchy.

  Michael Schumacher

  Team, Mean, Eight

  Source: www.spiegel.de

• Sometimes minor details can have a huge impact. If you don't devote 100 percent of your efforts to every detail, you immediately run into difficulties.

  Michael Schumacher

  Running, Impact, Effort

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• When you're very successful, you become careless and try to turn many things into routine.

  Michael Schumacher

  Successful, Trying, Routine

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• Psychologically speaking, it's very important to be in good shape. I work in a sport that requires you to react quickly and be in excellent shape. Besides, things don't get easier as you get older.

  Michael Schumacher

  Sports, Important, Shapes

  Source: www.spiegel.de