Monaco Quotations

Winning at Monaco feels unbelievable, because it's such a special race and it's also my home race. My first memories were of watching Ayrton Senna here with his yellow helmet, and one day dreaming to win the Monaco GP.

I love driving at Monaco but the rest of it, well, I can absolutely take it or leave it. It's extremely pretentious and really not my cup of tea.

I have always loved fashion and clothes. I mean, I was Grace Kelly for Halloween in fifth grade, which is why going to Monaco was so incredible - I've always kind of been obsessed with her.

I must hurry back to my house and my flowers in Monaco.

Monaco is quite a specialist track, and it is very difficult to say if a car will be suited to it or not. It's bumpy on the straights, and it's a very low-grip surface. All these things mean that you never know what to expect.

When I lived in Paris in the early '80s, I had the occasion to hang out with Prince Albert of Monaco quite a few times.

It's very, very special for me. This is where I've grown up, it's my home, and winning the Monaco Grand Prix is the highlight of any racing driver's career and for me a childhood dream. It being my home makes it all the more special, unbelievable.

That Monaco crash was quite a big one - I pulled 33g when I hit the wall, which is a lot. It's a weird sensation - like all my skin and flesh was being pulled off my bones.

Monaco is a very special event in its own right, and the atmosphere is quite crazy! As a driver, you have to stay calm and relaxed and try to do your job.

I have just renewed my contract with Monaco until 2007. I'm not concerned with the national team.

The people I mixed with in Monaco didn't relate to my South African mentality or humor... Although I have met some wonderful people since I've been living in Monaco, I regard them all as acquaintances. I only have two people I consider friends here.

We don't care about what our rivals are doing. We needed this win before we go to Monaco next week. We are a little ahead of the others now and it's good for the rest of the season.

We also like that it's the first Club Monaco in the Boston market, so it's not something that you'll see in suburban malls.

To round out our collection of word games, we loved the idea of incorporating the solitaire-style word genre but with a twist. We know that our games are commonly played as a quick escape when there are a few moments in the middle of a busy day, so we built Word Monaco around the 'trip-to-Monaco' theme to truly give our customers a quick vacation from their daily routines.

Once we played for the Princess of Monaco in Paris. We were the biggest ducks ever, wearing rented tuxedos. We trashed the party, took a bunch of girls and champagne in limos underneath the Eiffel Tower, and set up an acoustic show. It was like a Hilary Duff movie.

The Monaco Grand Prix is in May right around the time of Cannes.

This is going to be very tight until the end of the season. Lyon, Lens and Monaco are going to be tough rivals,

I have plenty of experience and I can still score goals. I know what Monaco want from me and I'm ready for the challenge.

I had been playing beach volleyball all day, painted my nails red, and threw on a green dress. I thought I looked great at the time, but looking back, I realize that my debut into Monaco society should have been better executed!

Grace Kelly forged a link between Monaco and the movie world, and I would like to create a strong bond between Monaco and the fashion community.

The financial side of it is pleasant of course, but that is not the main reason for me leaving my parental home in Balen. I would like to lead a bit of a normal life again. It will be nice to walk down the street without people staring at me. Every day there's a dozen of interested fans at my front door; it's getting too much. I'm getting a bit fed up with having to tell the same story twenty times a day to people I don't know at all, or having to listen to their stories. Monaco will be a better place for me to train also, in winter I often don't have the courage to go out in the bad weather, in the South training will be easier.