And so you touch this limit, something happens, and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high.

— Ayrton Senna

And suddenly I realized that I was no longer driving the car consciously. I was driving it by a kind of instinct, only I was in a different dimension.

— Ayrton Senna

Because I believe in God and have faith in God, it doesn't mean I am immortal. It doesn't mean I am immune, as has been claimed. I am as scared as anyone of getting hurt, especially driving a Formula One car.

— Ayrton Senna

I am not designed to come seconder third, I am designed to win.

— Ayrton Senna

I continuously go further and further learning about my own limitations, my body limitation, psychological limitations. It's a way of life for me.

— Ayrton Senna

If you have God on your side, everything becomes clear.

— Ayrton Senna

I have no idols. I admire work, dedication and competence.

— Ayrton Senna

I was already on pole, then by half a second and then one second and I just kept going. Suddenly I was nearly two seconds faster than anybody else, including my teammate with the same car.

— Ayrton Senna

Money is a strange business. People who haven't got it aim it strongly. People who have been full of troubles.

— Ayrton Senna

Wealthy men can't live on an island that is encircled by poverty. We all breathe the same air. We must give a chance to everyone, at least a basic chance.

— Ayrton Senna