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.
If he wins seven golds and ties what I did, then it would be like I was the first man on the moon and he became the second. If he wins more than seven, then he becomes the first man on Mars. We'd both be unique.
Fame sweeps you away. I had to go home every six months to remember who I am.
Great players never look in the mirror and think I'm a great basketball player. You ask yourself, Am I the best player I can be?
I have to tell you, I'm proudest of my life off the court. There will always be great basketball players who bounce that little round ball, but my proudest moments are affecting people's lives, effecting change, being a role model in the community.
It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.
I want to be remembered as the guy who gave his all whenever he was on the field.
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