Enzo Ferrari Quotes
18 quotes from Enzo Ferrari — Founder of Ferrari, the iconic Italian sports car and racing company..
“Aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines.”
“What's behind you doesn't matter.”
“Everyone dreams of driving a Ferrari. It was my intent from the start.”
“I don't sell cars; I sell engines. The cars I throw in for free since something has to hold the engines in.”
“Second is the first of the losers.”
“The client is not always right.”
“One must keep working continuously; otherwise, one thinks of death.”
“Racing is a great mania to which one must sacrifice everything, without reticence, without hesitation.”
“I build engines and attach wheels to them.”
“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.”
“The fact is I don't drive just to get from A to B. I enjoy feeling the car's reactions, becoming part of it.”
“All we wanted to do was build a conventional engine, only one that would be outstanding.”
“When the driver steps on the gas, I want him to shit his pants.”
“I have never considered myself a designer or an inventor, but only one who gets things moving and keeps them running. My innate talent was for stirring up men.”
“A Ferrari must be desired. It cannot and must not be perceived as something that is immediately available; otherwise, the dream is gone.”
“I've been involved in racing since 1919, and to go on living a human being must always have new ambitions. At Ferrari the most beautiful victory is always the next one.”
“If there was one essential quality about the man, it was his ironbound tenacity, his fierce devotion to the single cause of winning automobile races with cars bearing his name. From 1930 onward, for nearly sixty years, hardly a day passed when this thought was not foremost in his mind. Win or lose, he unfailingly answered the bell.”
“I was back where I had started. No money, no experience, limited education. All I had was a passion to get somewhere.”
