A crazy man finishes in the cemetery.
Everything has changed. When I was at school and was told I had better learn English, I said: What for? The English are a hell of a long way away!
I am terribly sorry I am unable to speak English. Two years ago, I decided to study it. Then I thought maybe it's too much work for one so old.
I learned to approach racing like a game of billiards. If you bash the ball too hard, you get nowhere. As you handle the cue properly, you drive with more finesse.
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.
I was a romantic. I went to Pirelli for some tires, but I didn't have any money. They gave me credit-they were very kind.
In my time, you needed to speak a little Italian, and that was it.
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 hand.
The organisers had built all their publicity around the Alfas. I told Alfa's chief engineer that if I didn't win, it would not be Alfa losing but Fangio. This convinced him to let me race, and I won.
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.
When I raced with Mercedes, I thought I'd learn German. But my wife didn't want to live in Germany.
Women rule our lives, don't they?
You need great passion, because everything you do with great pleasure, you do well.
Five-time Formula 1 World Championship driver (1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, & 1957)
Won 24 F1 World Championship races, 28 pole positions and had 23 Fastest race laps.
Considered one of the greatest Formula 1 racing drivers of all time (Jim Clark, Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost and Michael Schumacher are the others).
Mario Andretti has said that Fangio was one of his racing idols.
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