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" Since I started driving in F1 in 2006-07, the cars have got slower and easier to drive. "
Lewis Hamilton
Easier
Started
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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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" It takes me forever to read a book. I have such a small attention span. "
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Attention
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" My daily breakfast is two poached eggs in the morning with half an avocado, and I get to have half a piece of toast. "
Lewis Hamilton
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Breakfast
Daily
" When I first started in Formula 1, I tried to ignore the fact I was the first black guy ever to race in the sport. But, as I've got older, I've really started to appreciate the implications. "
Lewis Hamilton
Appreciate
Black
Started
" I don't like to read fiction. I like to learn something when I'm reading. "
Lewis Hamilton
Reading
Fiction
Learn
" 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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Heart
Love
Music
" We have to be extremely fit to race in F1. "
Lewis Hamilton
F1
Race
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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. "
Lewis Hamilton
Loved
Forget
People
" 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. "
Lewis Hamilton
Trying
Need
Just
" Nothing can really prepare you for when you get in the Formula One car. Knowing that you're driving a multimillion-dollar car, and if you crash it it's going to cost a lot of money, and they might not give you another chance, is scary. "
Lewis Hamilton
Money
Driving
Chance
" 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. "
Lewis Hamilton
Pain
Day
Myself
" 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. "
Lewis Hamilton
Place
People
Opinion
" I don't aspire to be like other drivers - I aspire to be unique in my own way. "
Lewis Hamilton
Unique
Like
Drivers
" 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? "
Lewis Hamilton
Got
Race
Single
" I love all of the Marvel comics movies. "
Lewis Hamilton
Comics
I Love
Love
" 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. "
Lewis Hamilton
Live
Roads
Racing
" Each championship has felt different in its own way, I guess because I've been in different place of my life; I've gone through different things. "
Lewis Hamilton
Life
My Life
Own
" Racing is what I love, so it's pretty simple. I want to keep doing it and keep winning. "
Lewis Hamilton
Racing
Love
Simple
" I'm no less focused than any of my peers. They live a different life. They go home; they are not pictured at events. I train just as much as them, maybe more. "
Lewis Hamilton
Focused
Events
Home
" 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. "
Lewis Hamilton
World
I Am
Mind
" Racing is very physical. "
Lewis Hamilton
Very
Physical
Racing
" All in all, racing with lift and coast is actually harder. "
Lewis Hamilton
Harder
Actually
Coast
" 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. "
Lewis Hamilton
Time
Car
Feeling
" 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. "
Lewis Hamilton
True
More
Opposite
" 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. "
Lewis Hamilton
Guitar
Poetry
Kid
" It doesn't matter what famous person I've come across in the street, I don't think I've ever shouted. "
Lewis Hamilton
Person
Famous
Matter
" When I was younger, all of my family's money went into racing. We were never a stylish family. We never went shopping, because all the money went into buying tires and fuel and all of that. "
Lewis Hamilton
Family
Stylish
Shopping
" Music's been a huge passion of mine since I was really young. I started playing guitar when I was thirteen. "
Lewis Hamilton
Started
Passion
Music
" There are times when you are growing through experiences, but sometimes there is a point of diminishing returns in terms of growth. "
Lewis Hamilton
Point
You
Growing
" I genuinely have always had support from all of my team. I have never had any complaints from them. "
Lewis Hamilton
Support
Always
Complaints