Enzo Ferrari
Enzo Ferrari
Enzo Anselmo Ferrari, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRIwas an Italian motor racing driver and entrepreneur, the founder of the Scuderia Ferrari Grand Prix motor racing team, and subsequently of the Ferrari automobile marque. He was widely known as "il Commendatore" or "il Drake". In his final years he was often referred to as "l'Ingegnere" or "il Grande Vecchio"...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth18 February 1898
CountryItaly
Enzo Ferrari quotes about
animated anyone interest leaves life meet outside quite racing stubborn time
I have yet to meet anyone quite so stubborn as myself and animated by this overpowering passion that leaves me no time for thought or anything else. I have, in fact, no interest in life outside racing cars.
aerodynamics motor-racing motorsports
Aerodynamics is for those who cannot manufacture good engines.
sports sports-cars car
The Jeep is the only true American sports car.
running climbing aerodynamics
But each time I seemed to be climbing into a roller coaster and finding myself coming through the downhill run with that sort of dazed feeling that we all know.
critics have-courage
You have to have courage to stand up to your critics.
firsts loser
Second isthe first of the losers.
skins world triumph
There isno triumph or glory in the world that's worth an inch of human skin.
years body ever-after
Death will destroy my body, but my creatures will keep on living ever after, in the years to come.
wheels engines
I build engines and attach wheels to them.
gentleman racing eras
The era of gentleman racing drivers is ended.
dream ferrari driving
Everyone dreams of driving a Ferrari, it was my intent fromthe start.
believe lines i-believe
I believe most things can be said in a few lines.
sacrifice racing hesitation
Racing is a great mania to which one must sacrifice everything, without reticence, without hesitation.
remember second-place
No one remembers who took second place and that will neverbe me.