I was being hated for about 40 or 50 years by the whole world, but it did not destroy me, and it did not ruin my health. And the reason is because I just did not answer them. I had my own life.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There was three or four years of my life where I hated myself and you know, would have quite happily ended it.
I'm an extremist so I'm either hated or loved. I think it's down to when I first got to Formula One not always knowing what I was saying, saying things that mean one thing but people were taking the other way and then people don't forget.
I suffered from self hatred so much. It's like I didn't want to look like that any more. I didn't to feel like that any more. It had to be another way.
I don't remember ever being full of dislike and hatred for people, like some kids I've come across now.
I lost some of my friends because I got so famous, people who just assumed that I would be different now. I felt like everyone hated me. That is the most unhappy time of my life.
I really can't hate more than 5 or 10 years. Wouldn't it be terrible to be always burdened with those primary emotions you had at one time?
It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.
Acting in anger and hatred throughout my life, I frequently precipitated what I feared most, the loss of friendships and the need to rely upon the very people I'd abused.
Violence ravaged my life. I was a victim of hatred, and I have dedicated my life to reversing that hatred.
I hated myself for so many reasons, and I thought so many things were my fault that happened to me growing up.