Top 35 Jenson Button Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “I’m world champion, baby!”

— Jenson Button

2. “For me, triathlons were something that was down to me and my fitness. Now, I really enjoy the pain in the triathlon of chasing someone down. It’s a bit like chasing down Nico Rosberg in the last few laps at Silverstone – it makes you feel alive.”

— Jenson Button

3. “I haven’t got the yacht any more. The cost of running it was crazy. But it was so much fun while I had it. I don’t regret it.”

— Jenson Button

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4. “You look back and you remember the good, the bad and the ugly.”

— Jenson Button

5. “I need to develop a car and engineer a car in a position that feels comfortable for me, and I don’t think anyone can do a better job than I can in that position. The problem for me is if I can’t get the car there I do struggle more than some.”

— Jenson Button

6. “It is such a special feeling to win a grand prix.”

— Jenson Button

7. “To understand the intensity of driving an F1 car, you have to be in it.”

— Jenson Button

8. “It doesn’t matter how much money you’ve got, or how many connections, there’s always something you want that’s out of reach.”

— Jenson Button

9. “When it comes to my racing career I’m very driven and very selfish. People who are around me at races will know that I’m a different person here than in my personal life. I completely blank people at races. I need to be focused. I’m rude.”

— Jenson Button

10. “My father did everything for me. He was awesome.”

— Jenson Button

11. “When you’re in a car which can win every race, or fight for a win every race, that is pressure.”

— Jenson Button

12. “I can’t eat whatever I want, definitely not. I’m always controlled because I do a lot of fitness and triathlons, not just Formula One, so I always make sure I eat the right things.”

— Jenson Button

13. “A lot of people think Formula One isn’t a sport because everyone drives a car when they go to work in the morning. But we’re pulling up to six G on a corner or during breaking, which is almost like being a fighter pilot. So we have to do a lot of work on our neck muscles.”

— Jenson Button

14. “In my hometown there is a pub named after me – The Frome Flyer on Jenson Avenue. How cool is that?!”

— Jenson Button

15. “In the car and in front of the camera I tend to be very calm but behind the scenes I can get fired up and passionate, I just don’t see the need to shout my mouth off in public.”

— Jenson Button

16. “It doesn’t matter who wins if I don’t. I only care if I win. I’m jealous of anyone else who wins.”

— Jenson Button

17. “I keep my weight low, although you need to be able to move your weight around the race car to change the balance. I’m 6ft and I’m 70kg so I haven’t much fat on me.”

— Jenson Button

18. “If someone was making a movie about F1 in the last six months, they wouldn’t need to add a Hollywood ending. If they do make that movie, it’s got to be ‘The Curious Case Of ,’ where I’ve lived my life backwards. I’d like Johnny Depp to play me but he wouldn’t be quite right.”

— Jenson Button

19. “My ‘Movember’ moustache was never going to be as big as Nigel Mansell’s, but I tried my best. The amazing thing is that when you try to grow a moustache, you notice everyone else’s. There are some amazing moustaches on the grid.”

— Jenson Button

20. “The fast, flowing parts, the high-speed corners, that’s where a Formula One car is at its best – changes of direction, pulling high g-forces left and right.”

— Jenson Button

21. “I’ve spent as much as 30 grand on a watch but it’s not about flaunting my wealth. I don’t have many extravagances but watches are my biggest one. I must have 30 of them now. I’ve been collecting since the age of nine, when I won a black TAG in a karting event.”

— Jenson Button

22. “Women don’t get the same opportunities that men get in racing, so they don’t get to learn race craft.”

— Jenson Button

23. “When I do retire, I know for a fact that I’ll never be able to replace the incredible feeling I get when I’m driving an F1 car.”

— Jenson Button

24. “My time at Honda was amazing. Some of my best times in Formula One, actually. I might not have won races, just one race, but I had a lot of fun.”

— Jenson Button

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25. “I always sleep really well, particularly before a race, when the adrenaline’s pumping.”

— Jenson Button

26. “I think social networks are really working for the drivers, because we’re able to talk directly to fans and they get first-hand information. And I think it’s great for the partners as well and the businesses that are involved in Formula One.”

— Jenson Button

27. “If I run I lose so much weight, which I need because you’re limited on weight when you are a tall driver. And have you seen marathon runners? They’re quite skinny.”

— Jenson Button

28. “Resting for me is fitness training.”

— Jenson Button

29. “I don’t purposely speed, but I might go over by five or six miles an hour from time to time. It doesn’t give me a buzz driving on normal roads, because I can’t go fast enough. It’s never going to be anything like an F1 car.”

— Jenson Button

30. “I have made lots of mistakes in terms of contracts and spending money when I shouldn’t have spent money.”

— Jenson Button

31. “I like old tunes when I’m driving. They’re fun and uplifting. Billy Ocean, that kind of thing.”

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32. “I felt confident at 24, but I am a better driver now.”

— Jenson Button

33. “I always think I should try to get to bed early, but then I can’t stop myself from watching telly and fiddling around on the net.”

— Jenson Button

34. “When I was in Japan with my girlfriend Jessica, she would have had acupuncture every day if she could. I can just about stomach going to a chiropractor and I visited a talented one when I was there, but when he tried a needle on me, it was horrible. My muscles tightened and it didn’t work at all.”

— Jenson Button

35. “If I ever have a son, and if he wants to follow in my footsteps in Formula 1, my main responsibility will be to point out some of the negatives.”

— Jenson Button

36. “All you need to know about racing you can learn from Super Mario Kart.”

— Jenson Button

37. “The sound of that V10, a rich growl that reached right into my soul.”

— Jenson Button

38. “It’s one of the things I love about motorsports – you’re always learning, always having to adapt. It’s not like tennis, where the rackets might change a bit but everything else stays the same. If you’re in motorsport, the formulas are always changing. The regulations, the tyres, the power, the type of engine. It keeps you excited.”

— Jenson Button