How the brazilians looked at him?

If a person has no more dreams, no longer has any reason to live. Dreaming is necessary, even if in the dream goes glimpsed reality. For me it is one of the principles of life.

Ayrton Senna da Silva

Rich people cannot live on an island surrounded by an ocean of poverty. We all breathe the same air. You have to give everyone a chance.

Ayrton Senna da Silva

You'll never know how it feels when a driver wins. That helmet hides incomprehensible feelings.

Ayrton Senna da Silva

I'm a privileged, I have always had a very good life. But all I got from the life I gained with the commitment and the strong desire to achieve my goals, to win in life, not as a pilot. So let me tell you that whoever you are in life, whether you are at the lowest level, or higher, you have to have a great strength and great determination and have to face anything with great love and faith in God and one day will reach the your goals and you will succeed.

Ayrton Senna da Silva

The most important thing is to be yourself, not to let anyone hinder you, without being different because someone wants you to be different. You have to be yourself. Many times you make mistakes because of your personality, character or interference that you can find along the way. But you can just learn from your mistakes. And this is the main thing: use your errors to learn. I believe in the ability to deeply concentrate on it in order to make progress and even more.

Ayrton Senna da Silva

You can never change the world alone. But you can do your part to change a bit of it. What I really do for poverty I'll never say to anyone. F1 is a miserable thing compared to this tragedy.

Ayrton Senna da Silva

You think you have a limit, so you try to touch this limit. Something happens and you can immediately run a bit faster. Thanks to the power of your mind, your determination, your instinct, and the experience you can fly very high.

Ayrton Senna da Silva

Running, competing, it's in my blood, it's a part of me, it's a part of my life; I always use to do this and it comes before all the rest.

Ayrton Senna da Silva

Whoever you are in life, whether you are at the lowest level, or higher, you must have great strength and great determination and have to face anything with great love and faith in God and one day you will reach your goals and you will succeed.

Ayrton Senna da Silva

I have no idols. I admire hard work, dedication and competence.

Ayrton Senna da Silva

How the brazilians looked at him?

The adoration by Brazilians for Ayrton Senna goes beyond sport: it is something comparable only to that towards the legendary Pelè for football. Hundreds of thousands of people line up for hours to see for the last time the body of Senna and give their last respects before his funeral: it is a tribute to the one who is more than a three-time champion of the Formula 1 World.
Whenever Ayrton waves the green and gold flag to celebrate his victories on the track, the Brazilians are happy to yet another triumph of a local hero who has managed to make a fortune abroad.

"It was a Brazilian who went abroad and did better than many Europeans"

tells Galvao Bueno, the voice of the F1 Brazilian television and a close friend of Senna.
His sudden and tragic death in San Marino 20 years ago has shaken the entire country. It is a hard blow to the pride of a generation of Brazilians grown waiting for hearing the national anthem of Brazil after another win of Senna on Sundays.

"His determination, perfectionism, sense of justice and patriotism of Ayrton, a very special person for Brazilians"

emphasizes Bruno Senna, who was just 10 years old when his uncle died on 1 May 1994.

"There is a great longing for unforgettable memories of his passes, his races and his revolutions in qualifying. But there is also the legacy of his personality off the track. He has had success in sports but at the same time was able to become an example also for his lifestyle and his principles. "

still declares Bruno.

What happened in the days immediately after his death is an example of how he's important for all of Brazil. The government immediately declares three days of national mourning and the same honors of a head of state are been bestowed in Senna; when the news of his death spreads, during a football game, 60 thousand people in the stands begin to sing: "Ole, ole, ole, ole, Senna, Senna".

When his body arrives from Italy, authorities estimate that there will be more than 5 million people into the streets of St. Paul to make their tribute to Senna's coffin; the television pictures shows fans in tears while waving the flags of Brazil at the passage of the funeral procession.

During the funeral of Ayrton, more than 200,000 people stand in line for hours only to stay about 10 seconds in front of the coffin for a final tribute. Many celebrities, athletes and government officials take part at the ceremony, including the Brazilian President Itamar Franco.
About 250,000 people follow the funeral procession to the cemetery with fellow riders Ruben Barrichello, Gerhard Berger, Damon Hill, Alain Prost, Emerson Fittipaldi and Jackie Stewart.