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" I'm an extremist so I'm either hated or loved. I think it's down to when I first got to Formula One not always knowing what I was saying, saying things that mean one thing but people were taking the other way and then people don't forget. "

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" Whether it's with my engineers in the team, my home life, or my friends, I don't like things to get complicated - and one good example would be the steering wheel in my Mercedes Formula 1 car. "

Lewis Hamilton

Good

Life

Friends

" My immediate family are from the West Indies - from Trinidad and Grenada - and I have relatives all over the Caribbean. "

" Music's been a huge passion of mine since I was really young. I started playing guitar when I was thirteen. "

" Generally, I hate training - just like most people, I guess. I try to make it fun and varied. "

" Racing is very physical. "

" I am a motorbike fanatic - always have been. It's actually what I wanted to do before I got into motor racing. "

" If Ferrari wanted me, they would have approached me. I want to work with people who want me. If they don't want me, it is no problem. "

" I'm keen on hiking. And in Monaco, I also like water skiing, wakeboarding, and jet-skiing, which are all pretty good for your arms, legs, and core stability. "

Lewis Hamilton

Pretty

Skiing

" It doesn't matter what famous person I've come across in the street, I don't think I've ever shouted. "

" Ayrton Senna was an incredible legend who will be remembered and admired forever. "

" I love it in the States. The roads are big, the food is big. If it was possible to be in L.A. and still live my racing life, I would move now. "

" Ayrton Senna was my favorite driver who I wanted to be like. "

Lewis Hamilton

Driver

Favorite

" People say I have an aggressive style, and sometimes I don't think that is all just me. I think it's partly because I watched Senna when I was young, and I thought, 'This is how I want to drive when I get the opportunity.' "

" F1 is about the best drivers competing against each other for the best teams producing the best cars they can. "

" I have spent a lot of time in Italy throughout my career - especially when I was karting, because it's kind of the world centre of that sport - and I love it. "

" I want to crush everyone. I want to outsmart everyone. "

" When I was a kid, I used to play a game called 'Grand Prix Two.' Interlagos was always the first race of the season on that, and I never really got much past the second race. I would always restart the season, so I always seemed to be doing Interlagos - it was a real pain! "

" When I was a kid and Christmas was coming up, my dad would ask me what I wanted, and I always said a motorbike. I kept asking for one, and he said it was too dangerous and bought me a go-kart instead. "

Lewis Hamilton

Always

Said

" My dad wanted me to have a better life than he had ever had. He wanted us to succeed so badly. And I never wanted to let him down. "

Lewis Hamilton

Never

Succeed

" I started playing guitar when I was 13. I'd written a few songs on the guitar over some time. I'd written a book of poetry, and I got a book of lyrics that I had when I was a kid. "

" It's important for everyone to stand up for what they believe in. "

Lewis Hamilton

Believe

Important

" Fashion is a growing love that probably started when I got into my 20s. "

" Formula 1 is the sort of place where people tend to have an opinion about everything, and usually, they tend to believe their own opinion is the right one, even if it relates to someone else. "

" Sometimes it takes time to find people in the sport who share the same opinions and approach to racing as me. "

Lewis Hamilton

Find

Time

" You just need to be accepted for who you are and be proud of who you are and that is what I'm trying to do. "

" It's a pretty cool feeling to be the person to knock down a barrier - just like the Williams sisters did in tennis or Tiger Woods in golf. "

" What people tend to forget is the journey that I had getting to Formula One. There were plenty of years where I had to learn about losing and having bad races. "

" I enjoy trying to develop a car and Mercedes are one of the biggest car manufacturers in the world. "

" Despite the name, 'lift and coast' does not mean cruising. You're trying to be as fast as you can, and you're still going through the corner on the limit, but you have to approach the corner slightly differently; otherwise, you won't make the end of the race. "

" I really like to play to squash, because it's competitive, and I like basketball. I'm friends with a guy in L.A. called Andrew Bynum, who used to play for the L.A. Lakers NBA team. We play together sometimes. "