Juan Manuel Fangio Quotes

"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!"
- Juan Manuel Fangio
(Related: English, Hell, School)

"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."
- Juan Manuel Fangio
(Related: Racing)

"In my time, you needed to speak a little Italian, and that was it."
- Juan Manuel Fangio
(Related: Time)

"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."
- Juan Manuel Fangio
(Related: Car, First, Racing)

"Women rule our lives, don't they?"
- Juan Manuel Fangio
(Related: Women)

"You need great passion, because everything you do with great pleasure, you do well."
- Juan Manuel Fangio
(Related: Passion, Pleasure)

"When I raced with Mercedes, I thought I'd learn German. But my wife didn't want to live in Germany."
- Juan Manuel Fangio
(Related: Wife, Thought, Germany, Want)