Martin Svoboda

“The earth is free even now for great souls. There are still empty seats for the lonesome and the twosome, fanned by the fragrance of silent seas. A free life is still free for great souls. Do you not see it, the rainbow and the bridges. Thus spoke Zarathustra.”

“When a man has put a limit on what he will do, he has put a limit on what he can do.”

“In real life, I'm a really smiley person. I smile when I talk and I laugh.”

“The head talks to the heart and the heart talks to the feet.”

“No individual can win a game by himself.”

“If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.”

“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.”

“I want to bring passengers on my airplanes to present to them my product.”

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

“I’ve been through a lot and I realize the future can’t be controlled. I’m not worried. You can always learn to overcome difficulties.”

“I always go extreme ways.”

“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.”

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

“I said then and later that I had conquered my fear quickly and cleanly. That was a lie. But it would have been foolish to play into the hands of my rivals by confirming my weakness. At Monza, I was rigid with fear.”

“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.”

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

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

“Giving up is something a Lauda doesn’t do.”

“A race isn’t won until it’s over.”