A crazy man finishes in the cemetery.

- Juan Manuel Fangio

Driving fast on the track does not scare me. What scares me is when I drive on the highway I get passed by some idiot who thinks he is Fangio.

- Juan Manuel Fangio

In my time, you needed to speak a little Italian, and that was it.

- Juan Manuel Fangio

I told my nephew that if he wanted to get on in motor racing, the first thing he should do was master English. Thank goodness he now speaks it.

- Juan Manuel Fangio

In my day it was 75 percent car and mechanic, 25 percent driver and luck. Today it's 95 percent car.

- Juan Manuel Fangio

There are those who keep out of mischief, and there are the adventurers, ‘ he said. “We racing drivers are adventurers; the more difficult something …

- Juan Manuel Fangio

The driver of a racing car is a component. When I first began, I used to grip the steering wheel firmly, and I changed gear so hard that I damaged my…

- Juan Manuel Fangio

When I first came out of Argentina to Europe, the flight took 36 hours. Now it takes 12 hours, and the world is still shrinking.

- Juan Manuel Fangio

You must always strive to be the best, but you must never believe that you are.

- Juan Manuel Fangio