I've always believed that you should never, ever give up and you should always keep fighting even when there's only a slightest chance.
Michael SchumacherRead
Never think that success is down to your own performance alone. If you start listening only to yourself you take the first step back towards the bottom. The flowers of victory belong in many vases.
Interpretation
Success is a collective achievement that depends on others, not just individual efforts.
This quote by Michael Schumacher emphasizes that true success is not solely a result of one's own actions but is influenced by collaboration and the contributions of others. It suggests that becoming self-absorbed can lead to a decline in performance and that the rewards of victory should be shared and celebrated with all who have played a role in achieving it.
In practice
In a graduation speech to highlight the importance of collaboration in achieving goals.
I've always believed that you should never, ever give up and you should always keep fighting even when there's only a slightest chance.
Your ups and downs in sports, I think they are as normal as daily life: One day you wake up and feel great, the next day you wake up and feel maybe less great.
You win a race, the next race it’s a question mark. Are you still the best or not? That’s what is funny. But that’s what is interesting. And that’s what is challenging. You have to prove yourself every time.
I didn't have statistics in my mind when I was racing. It was always a consequence - a nice consequence. I enjoyed it, but it wasn't the reason I was racing.
I hate to take compromises with a racing car. The more standard a car is, the more compromises you have to take.
You try to hide your emotions, so as not to show weaknesses to others. I believe it's the same for every sportsman.
Some people are just born stars – you either have it or you haven’t, and I was definitely born one.
Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.
The more I help out, the more successful I become. But I measure success in what it has done for the people around me. That is the real accolade.
I get a lot of letters from people saying, 'How do I get into radio, how do I get into telly?' and I wish there was an answer, because there's no ladder. There are no parameters. You've just got to go in wherever you can, make the tea, and slowly make your way up the ladder.
To be a movie star, you have to carry a movie. And to carry a movie where you play the title role is the supreme example.
When I was younger, I felt pressure to become someone else once I became successful.
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