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Bernie Ecclestone

Bernard Charles Ecclestone (born 28 October 1930) is a British business magnate. He is the former chief executive of the Formula One Group, which manages Formula One and controls the commercial rights to the sport, and part-owns Delta Topco, the ultimate parent company of the Formula One Group. As such, he was commonly described in journalism as 'F1 Supremo'.

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Forget what others whisper in your ears. Most of that is pure rubbish that obstructs the view to what really is important. Always make your own decisions. That is what makes us human.

Decision, Ears, Important, Make, View, Views

Let's be realistic about that. I think Mercedes when it started the engine [development] didn't have a budget. It spent. And then lots of teams don't and can't. I mean Red Bull, for example, that won four world championships, didn't know the word "budget", and it's a case that it hadn't got the ability to have the engine that it should have had. Because somebody else [Mercedes] had the engine, wouldn't let them have it, because they didn't want competition.

Championships, Engine, Mean, Team, Thinking, Won

Lewis [Hamilton] is a hero in the UK. The British love Formula One. Sebastian (Vettel) is also not doing much for F1. People hardly recognize him on the street.

British, Hero, People, Vettel

I simply scraped together all my experience and put it into the sport.

Experience, Scraped, Simply, Sports, Together

Each new deal is another opportunity.

Another Opportunity, Deal, Deals, Opportunity

I never neglected my daughters - quite the opposite - but I suppose I could have and should have spent more time with them.

Daughter, Daughters, Opposites, Should Have, Spent, Time

I won't be threatened or intimidated by anyone and I've always been prepared to do what is necessary to defend my interests.

Interest, Interests, Intimidated, Prepared, Threatened

Generally I still believe that Lewis [Hamilton] is the best champion that we have had in a long, long time. He manages to get to all different walks of life: red carpet, fashion business, and music - you name it.

Believe, Champion, Fashion, Hamilton, Long, Names

I think we should SHUT UP, stop talking about negotiating anything, just be quiet and let things sort themselves out a little bit, and see what happens. Maybe there will be one or two other countries that think what Britain's done, we can do, and it seems the right way to go.

Country, Let, Right, Talking, Thinking, Way

I don't have any talent as an artist but I do have an awareness for business and what you need to bring to that world. It helps to know what you're good at.

Artist, Needs, World, Bring, Know

I think I would find it easier to talk with Nico [Rosenberg] than Lewis [Hamilton], as Lewis is into things that are very distant to me.

Easier, Hamilton, Lewis, Thinking

Bernie [Ecclestone] is the commercial rights holder so the more outgoing the champion is, the better. Of course. I also do think about our sport and want to make an effort - but in my own way. I am Nico [Rosberg] and not Lewis [Hamilton]!

Make, Nico, Rights, Sports, Thinking

The banks don't have anything - no rights whatsoever. The banks are shareholders of SLEC, and SLEC has no rights. . . . I am the CEO of Formula One Management and Formula One Administration, which runs the business in F1. From this point of view, I own F1.

Administration, Banks, Rights, Running, Slec, Views

I think the way I do things would be difficult to teach somebody to do. They need to get another good used car dealer. That's what they need. Find a good car dealer.

Car, Teach, Think, Thinking, Would Be

With [Vladimir] Putin, he says he's going to do something, he gets on it, does it.

Doe, Gets, Putin, Says, Vladimir

I can't remember a single occasion when I have been kind to a journalist.

Journalist, Kind, Occasion, Remember, Single

My dad always took to his heels when a nappy change was necessary. I am so much looking forward to our child. It is such a wonderfully exciting time right now.

Children, Dad, Heels, Looking Forward, Wonderfully

[Maurizio Arrivabene is quite a character] but only for himself and not for Formula One.

Arrivabene, Character, Formula One, Formulas, Maurizio, Quite

As I small child and hearing all the stories about him I, of course, looked up to him as some kind of miracle. Then I got to eight years old and suddenly I was taller than [Bernie Ecclestone].

Bernie, Children, Ecclestone, Eight, Kind, Years

You can't compare eras. But drivers of each era adapt to the needs and climate of their time. There are good and bad points to every era of the sport. I'm not really nostalgic about the past.

Climate, Compare, Eras, Past, Sport, Sports

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