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

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

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

"I have no problem with the people who work hard to get success. But I think people are very jealous about success. I work very hard and they don't appreciate that."

"I give myself strength by staying away from any music."

"The '80s seem a real positive force. The '70s were deadening, in a lot of ways."

"There's only one requirement of any of us, and that is to be courageous. Because courage, as you might know, defines all other human behavior. And, I believe - because I've done a little of this myself - pretending to be courageous is just as good as the real thing."

"President Obama's record on national security is a tribute to his strength, and judgment, and to his preference for inclusion and partnership over partisanship."