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" Racing is what I love, so it's pretty simple. I want to keep doing it and keep winning. "
Lewis Hamilton
Racing
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" Formula 1 is about running to the maximum. "
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" Sometimes, I arrive at races more energetic and clear-minded than ever, and then I have a terrible race. And the opposite is also true. "
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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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" Since I started driving in F1 in 2006-07, the cars have got slower and easier to drive. "
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" Number one is a great thing, and I'll always know that I'm number one, but 44 is my favourite number, so I want to keep it on the car. "
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" If I don't travel, if I stay at home for a week, I would go out of my mind. That is just the way I am. I love to be on the move, and I am fortunate that I have friends all over the world. "
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" I think it's a shame that people are so quick to put you in a box; sometimes it's as if you do one thing, and that's all you're allowed to do. "
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" Going for a really long run, a bike ride, or cross-country skiing helps me get away from all the noise. I tell myself, 'The pain you're feeling, just enjoy it because it's going to help you across that finish line first.' If you're having a crap day, go for a run. It makes a big difference. "
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" All in all, racing with lift and coast is actually harder. "
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" If I'd won every single race and got pole everywhere, that would just be boring. It would suck. Where's the fun in that? "
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" I had a lot of racism growing up where I grew up. Bullied at school. It definitely encouraged me. It's like battle wounds - you come out the other side, and it just makes you tougher. "
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" F1 is about the best drivers competing against each other for the best teams producing the best cars they can. "
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" When I think about greatness I just know Ayrton Senna. He was great. "
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" I have always wanted to learn the piano, but because I travel so much, I can never get any consistency of lessons. So everywhere I go, if I can find a piano, even if it is in the lobby of a hotel or something, I go on YouTube and pick some songs to learn. "
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" My immediate family are from the West Indies - from Trinidad and Grenada - and I have relatives all over the Caribbean. "
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" I don't believe I have a playboy life. "
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" I enjoy trying to develop a car and Mercedes are one of the biggest car manufacturers in the world. "
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" There have been some ups and downs. I've not always had it my own way. That's the way racing is supposed to be. "
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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. "
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" I usually sleep four or five hours, but when you are training, you need more than that. "
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" I feel equal to Mexicans, Asians, everyone. That's the kind of positive message I want to get out. "
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" People might not know, but F1 drivers have new helmets made throughout the season. Usually, the design is the same, but I like to do something special for Monaco. "
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" Working with kids is something I really enjoy doing - that's why I also do work with UNICEF. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Music's been a huge passion of mine since I was really young. I started playing guitar when I was thirteen. "
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" I like wearing things that other people wouldn't want to wear, to be a bit edgy. "
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" I love my ink. They all have a meaning. I'm very strong in my faith, so I wanted to have some religious images. I've got Pieta, a Michelangelo sculpture of Mary holding Jesus after he came off the cross, on my shoulder. A sacred heart on my arm. Musical notes because I love music. The compass on my chest is there because church is my compass. "
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" When you get out of the car after the feeling that you have after leading the race, and the car fails, it's pretty hard to say positive things all the time. "
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