O Ayrton Senna απέπνεε μια ξεχωριστή αύρα γύρω του. Δεν ήταν μόνο οι επιδόσεις του στην πίστα που τον έκαναν να ξεχωρίζει από τους υπολοίπους πιλότους, αλλά, συνολικά, η στάση ζωής της χαρισματικής προσωπικότητας του διαφορετικού αυτού Βραζιλιάνου. Στο άρθρο αυτό συγκεντρώσαμε μερικές μόνο από τις πιο γνωστές δηλώσεις του εμβληματικού αυτού υπερ-ανθρώπου, που έφυγε σαν πραγματικός ήρωας πριν 22 ακριβώς χρόνια…
«I just love winning, I just love racing, I just love the challenge to beat somebody else and on many occasions even to beat myself. Racing, competing, it's in my blood. It's part of me, it's part of my life; I have been doing it all my life and it stands out above everything else»
«When you are fitted in a racing car and you race to win, second or third place is not enough»
«Wealthy men can't live in an island that is encircled by poverty. We all breathe the same air. We must give a chance to everyone, at least a basic chance»
«The danger sensation is exciting. The challenge is to find new dangers»
«Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose»
«And suddenly I realized that I was no longer driving the car consciously. I was driving it by a kind of instinct, only I was in a different dimension»
«If you have God on your side, everything becomes clear»
«And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high»
«Money is a strange business. People who haven't got it aim it strongly. People who have are full of troubles»
«I have no idols. I admire work, dedication and competence»
«I continuously go further and further learning about my own limitations, my body limitation, psychological limitations. It's a way of life for me»
«I don't know driving in another way which isn't risky. Each one has to improve himself. Each driver has its limit. My limit is a little bit further than other's»
«It was like I was in a tunnel. Not only the tunnel under the hotel but the whole circuit was a tunnel. I was just going and going, more and more and more and more. I was way over the limit but still able to find even more»
«You must take the compromise to win, or else nothing. That means: you race or you do not»
«Fear is exciting for me»
«Winning is the most important. Everything is consequence of that»
«You will never know the feeling of a driver when winning a race. The helmet hides feelings that cannot be understood»
«It's going to be a season with lots of accidents, and I'll risk saying that we'll be lucky if something really serious doesn't happen»
«My biggest error? Something that is to happen yet»
«Of course there are moments that you wonder how long you should be doing it because there are other aspects which are not nice, of this lifestyle. But I just love winning»
«It's important that the drivers stay together, because in difficult moments we have each other. If we are not together the financial and political interests of the organisers and constructors come to the fore»
«Whoever you are, no matter what social position you have, rich or poor, always show great strength and determination, and always do everything with much love and deep faith in God. One day you will reach your goal»
«I believe in the ability of focusing strongly in something, then you are able to extract even more out of it. It's been like this all my life, and it's been only a question of improving it, and learning more and more and there is almost no end. As you go through you just keep finding more and more. It's very interesting, it's fascinating»
«With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high»
«We are made of emotions, we are all looking for emotions, it's only a question of finding the way to experience them. There are many different ways of experience them all. Perhaps one different thing, only that, one particular thing that Formula One can provide you, is that you know we are always expose to danger, danger of getting hurt, danger of dying»
«I'm very privileged. I've always had a very good life. But everything that I've gotten out of life was obtained through dedication and a tremendous desire to achieve my goals… a great desire for victory, meaning victory in life, not as a driver. To all of you who have experienced this or are searching now, let me say that whoever you may be in your life, whether you're at the highest or most modest level, you must show great strength and determination and do everything with love and a deep belief in God. One day, you'll achieve your aim and you'll be successful»
«If I ever happen to have an accident that eventually costs me my life, I hope it is in one go. I would not like to be in a wheelchair. I would not like to be in a hospital suffering from whatever injury it was. If I’m going to live, I want to live fully, very intensely, because I am an intense person. It would ruin my life if I had to live partially»