Michael Schumacher

I have been a huge fan of America, as I find their way of life there is pretty unique, and I have enjoyed a lot of good times over there.

I will do everything I can to bring the Number One to Ferrari. The whole team and all the fans deserve it.

I have been in Formula One for 12 years, and out of that I had one year with the perfect car.

If you look right from the beginning of the season I've been very competitive.

Those who have come into Formula One without experiencing cars devoid of electronic aids will find it tough. To control 800 horse power relying just on arm muscles and foot sensitivity can turn out to be a dangerous exercise.

I know what I am, and what I have to do in my profession, so I can handle the pressure. It's the way I think.

In football, I need full concentration even though I really enjoy it.

You try to hide your emotions, so as not to show weaknesses to others. I believe it's the same for every sportsman.

I just want to be known as a very normal person and be treated as that and be able to walk down the street like anyone else.

If you're lucky enough to be famous, then it's great if you can use your fame and the power your fame gives you to draw attention to things that really matter.

I like to share my life, and spend time with someone I love. That has worked 100 per cent with my wife.

I think I was five when I had my real first go-kart.

You arrive at Formula One being very skeptical, how far can your talent deal with all this, and then you understand those guys are human and pretty reasonable, and finally succeeding in winning your first race, in circumstance as such, it was just an amazing moment.

I retired simply because I didn't have the passion and motivation anymore; I was tired. At the time I thought, 'Well, I had a great time, there is the end.' At some moment, there is the right time to call it an end.

I have to say it's been tough to leave the Ferrari family, which has been a big part of my career.

The first thing, when I got the money, I knew I would support somebody. And the person I supported was my family. Because we were really in debt with the money. And - so I gave to my father this suitcase full of money. And he couldn't believe it. And that was something very special.

My time with Ferrari was wonderful. I have found friends and had experiences that I would not want to be without.

I like working in a team, and at Ferrari there is always good cooperation.

Nascar will certainly not be one of my challenges in the future.

When you start out in a team, you have to get the teamwork going and then you get something back.

Once something is a passion, the motivation is there.

I always thought records were there to be broken.

Let's put it this way, I like number seven.

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.

When you are part of a community for 14 years, it inevitably shapes you. I will always have a part of Ferrari beside me; a part of my heart will always be red.