When I was eleven, I had to save up money to buy a motorbike. My parents would have shot me if they found it. When they did, they ended up giving it away to the maid that took care of my house.

When I was a teen, I had a modified motorcycle, and I used to race a lot. One time a stranger and me lined up at a light and raced through the shipping container yards of Klong Toei. He hit a truck and I saw his eyes and brains splatter on the truck.

That was the day I said I’m never racing illegally again. I nearly shit myself because I was so scared.

Sometimes in England when I was having problems, or I was stressed out, I would go take my Yamaha R1 and just go out on the freeway from Oxford to Reading and hit 300kph. After that, I’d feel like it’s going to be a perfect day. I wouldn’t be stressed about my girlfriend or work or anything.

I pushed myself hard and I really began my life in England. That’s where I started my first three companies. If I had done this in Thailand people would have thought it was all thanks to my father [a prominent businessman]. But I made it in England, without any help.

If you want to just do a job, you’ll never succeed. You have to start something. It doesn’t have to be big, but it has to be something you really love.

I always love trying stupid things. People think I’m stupid, but when they think you’re stupid they don’t see you as a competitor. When you look smart, people just try to size you up.

Everyone knows what they want out of life. But they just look at the sky and dream. The people who actually make it are the people who look for that staircase to the sky. Others never get there because they don’t actually look for the way to get there.

It’s not about having mountains of money or credentials—just have loyalty, never gossip about people and help people as much as you can.

When you make a donation, keep it secret. If you donate something and then tell everyone about it, you’ve got your reward by everyone thinking you’re a good guy. But if you keep your good deeds a secret then karma will come back and reward you in a much bigger way.

Drifting [a style of driving] is like having an orgasm. There really is just nothing else like it. It’s such a release.

I’ve pretty much tried everything. I’ve had a lot of fun and experimented with a lot of different things. But I’ve never gotten addicted to anything. Except speed—not the drug, actual speed—and anything that can pump up my adrenaline.

Sometimes I’ll take my Lamborghini down to Pattaya and watch the needle climb above 340kph.

The older I get the more of a chicken I become. In the past I wouldn’t think twice, I would just blow by other cars. Now I try and predict their every move.

I’m really scared of karma. That’s the only thing I fear in life.

I really don’t find many things exciting now. My friends have told me that I’ve already used up all the excitement in my life.

I have way more guts than I have brains.

We’re just a small species living on the earth. If the earth wants to change, it will change.

I’m tired of red and yellow. We’re a country of 63 million people in the south of Asia. People should concentrate on being happy or becoming successful or something.

I don’t really listen to anyone. I have my own ideas and I only follow them.