I'm just super competitive. Squash, tennis, water skiing, computer games... Even if I played you at pool, I'd have to win.

Each championship has felt different in its own way, I guess because I've been in different place of my life; I've gone through different things.

I usually sleep four or five hours, but when you are training, you need more than that.

When I'm driving, the fewer distractions there are, the better it is to focus on the job in hand.

I feel equal to Mexicans, Asians, everyone. That's the kind of positive message I want to get out.

When I think about greatness I just know Ayrton Senna. He was great.

I love all of the Marvel comics movies.

I started watching Formula 1 with my dad when I was just four or five years old. I loved cars.

I genuinely have always had support from all of my team. I have never had any complaints from them.

I'm no less focused than any of my peers. They live a different life. They go home; they are not pictured at events. I train just as much as them, maybe more.

It takes me forever to read a book. I have such a small attention span.

F1 is about the best drivers competing against each other for the best teams producing the best cars they can.

I have the best job in the world.

I would love to one day have my own line of clothes.

I love it in the States. The roads are big, the food is big. If it was possible to be in L.A. and still live my racing life, I would move now.

I certainly lead a different life from many people. I have a great life that I am thankful for, and I like travelling.

I like wearing things that other people wouldn't want to wear, to be a bit edgy.

People say I have an aggressive style, and sometimes I don't think that is all just me. I think it's partly because I watched Senna when I was young, and I thought, 'This is how I want to drive when I get the opportunity.'

I really like to play to squash, because it's competitive, and I like basketball. I'm friends with a guy in L.A. called Andrew Bynum, who used to play for the L.A. Lakers NBA team. We play together sometimes.

Sometimes it takes time to find people in the sport who share the same opinions and approach to racing as me.

All in all, racing with lift and coast is actually harder.

There have been some ups and downs. I've not always had it my own way. That's the way racing is supposed to be.

If Ferrari wanted me, they would have approached me. I want to work with people who want me. If they don't want me, it is no problem.

Equalising performance between teams runs completely counter to the idea of F1 and would be very unfair for us.

The Hamilton name will live on way beyond me now, which I'm very happy to be a part of.

I don't like to read fiction. I like to learn something when I'm reading.

Racing is very physical.

I am a motorbike fanatic - always have been. It's actually what I wanted to do before I got into motor racing.

People might not know, but F1 drivers have new helmets made throughout the season. Usually, the design is the same, but I like to do something special for Monaco.

A couple of my mechanics have become vegan because I've done it. One of my barbers, too.

If I'd won every single race and got pole everywhere, that would just be boring. It would suck. Where's the fun in that?

When I was a kid, I used to play a game called 'Grand Prix Two.' Interlagos was always the first race of the season on that, and I never really got much past the second race. I would always restart the season, so I always seemed to be doing Interlagos - it was a real pain!

We have to be extremely fit to race in F1.

I have so much energy. I train, I travel, I'm learning about music and fashion, reading a lot. I don't want to miss anything. I want to experience everything.

My daily breakfast is two poached eggs in the morning with half an avocado, and I get to have half a piece of toast.

I think every single win, every single pole has felt new and different in its own way. I've not got bored of it.

Generally, I hate training - just like most people, I guess. I try to make it fun and varied.

What people tend to forget is the journey that I had getting to Formula One. There were plenty of years where I had to learn about losing and having bad races.

Music's been a huge passion of mine since I was really young. I started playing guitar when I was thirteen.

Fashion is a growing love that probably started when I got into my 20s.

When I first started in Formula 1, I tried to ignore the fact I was the first black guy ever to race in the sport. But, as I've got older, I've really started to appreciate the implications.

I have spent a lot of time in Italy throughout my career - especially when I was karting, because it's kind of the world centre of that sport - and I love it.

Whether it's with my engineers in the team, my home life, or my friends, I don't like things to get complicated - and one good example would be the steering wheel in my Mercedes Formula 1 car.

Working with kids is something I really enjoy doing - that's why I also do work with UNICEF.

I'm happy to race against anyone.

If I don't travel, if I stay at home for a week, I would go out of my mind. That is just the way I am. I love to be on the move, and I am fortunate that I have friends all over the world.

I started playing guitar when I was 13. I'd written a few songs on the guitar over some time. I'd written a book of poetry, and I got a book of lyrics that I had when I was a kid.

The way I drive, the way I handle a car, is an expression of my inner feelings.

I don't aspire to be like other drivers - I aspire to be unique in my own way.

You can knock me down, but I get up twice as strong.