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Austrian - Athlete Born: February 22, 1949

Vienna is the gate to Eastern Europe.

Gate Vienna Europe Eastern Europe

I employ 20 people in Vienna. The other 130 coworkers are pilots and flight companions. The Overhead is limited with me. Reduces naturally the costs of my fliers.

Me People Flight Vienna

I always go extreme ways.

Go Always Ways Extreme

Millions around the world see Formula One as the pinnacle of motorsport, and I firmly believe that we should do whatever it takes to keep this accolade. Traction control, automatic gear changes, and launch control isn't my definition of the 'pinnacle of motorsport.'

Believe World Control See

We now fly with an airbus, which has 210 seats, six times the week to Palma to the spider of the air Berlin.

Fly Spider Week Now

This aircraft tops everything. All the others look old as compared to this one.

Look Everything Old Others

The guest gets at least as much service with us as with some established airline, if not even more. And at by far a favourable price. Thus the passengers remain gladly with us.

Service More Price Some

The crucial point is always the own cost structure. Therefore I created a Low Cost alliance with air Berlin.

Always Own Air Low

The alliance with air Berlin is attractive for me. I can use the whole sales network of the air Berlin and 24 percent of my own airline at air Berlin sold.

Me My Own I Can Own

Running an airline is a normal job. Racing is more.

Job Racing More Normal

In Germany air became generally accepted Berlin in this area. It operated with 45 airplanes within the Low Cost range from Germany, and is one the most successful carriers in Europe.

Europe Air Low Successful

I want to bring passengers on my airplanes to present to them my product.

Present Want Product Bring

Giving up is something a Lauda doesn't do.

Giving Giving Up Something Up

Airlines go in the long run at the competition to reason. For the passenger the competition is good, because each competitor tries to undercut the other one.

Good Long Competition Go

Running an airline is the most difficult job in the world. Racing was more dangerous for my life.

Life My Life World Job

One of the things that gave me most pleasure was a letter sent to me by Sebastian Vettel, written in his own hand, full of beautiful words and kindness. I wasn't expecting this; usually, drivers don't do this: they drive, and that's it. But he is a beautiful person.

Beautiful Kindness Me Words

When I was in motor racing, I had taken the decision to risk my life. But when you run an airline, and more than 200 people want to go from A to B - and they don't arrive - that's a different responsibility.

Life You People My Life

People always think that the worst time of my life must have been after the German Grand Prix crash in 1976, which put me in a coma and left me with severe burns. But it wasn't.

Life Me Time People

In racing, you want to win - there are no rules, and you can do whatever you want. Flying a plane is the opposite: you respect rules and fly to the rules. You can't possibly compare the two.

Respect You Fly Win

I like the mode of business of aviation. It's a risky business with difficulties which you can fill with innovative ideas and different things.

Business You Ideas Difficulties

I hate being famous. You have no freedom. You can't do anything.

Freedom You Hate Being Famous

I fought my grandfather like you wouldn't believe. I went my own way and decided to become a racing driver. I don't think I would ever have fought as hard as I did if my grandfather had been a reasonable person.

You Believe Think Way

After my accident, I never worried about how I looked.

Never Accident How About

I always knew about the risks I was taking. Every year, someone you knew was killed racing. You had to ask yourself, do you enjoy driving these cars so much that you're prepared to take that risk?

You Yourself Enjoy Risks

When, after the accident, I came out into the world and people looked at me, they were shocked. It upset me. I thought they were impolite not to hide their negative emotions about my look.

Me People World Look

Cosmetic surgery - it's boring and expensive, and the only thing it could do is give me another face.

Me Face Boring Only

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