I fought my grandfather like you wouldn’t believe. I went my own way and decided to become a racing driver. I don’t think I would ever have fought as hard as I did if my grandfather had been a reasonable person. Niki Lauda Read Quote
When, after the accident, I came out into the world and people looked at me, they were shocked. It upset me. I thought they were impolite not to hide their negative emotions about my look. Niki Lauda Read Quote
Cosmetic surgery – it’s boring and expensive, and the only thing it could do is give me another face. Niki Lauda Read Quote
The idea that people would work on themselves, who hadn’t had an accident – I can’t stand plastic surgery. Niki Lauda Read Quote
We have moved away from basic racing, where you see how the drivers fight with the cars to their physical limits and then make mistakes – or not. Niki Lauda Read Quote
There are some good traditions in our culture, one of which is that men dance with women. Soon we will reach the stage where we will all have to publicly apologise for being heterosexual. Niki Lauda Read Quote
