“The day of parochialism in sports is over. The world is too small for what people like to call ‘the good old days.’”

As far as I’m concerned, Parnelli Jones was the greatest driver of his era. He had aggressiveness and also a finesse that no one else possessed. And he won with everything he put his hands on, including off-road.

The banked oval tracks are obsolete tracks for Indy cars.

I don’t want to go out there and do something 3,000 other people can do.

I don’t remember as a kid wanting to do or be anything else but drive something, be a race driver.

I think it’s counterproductive in many ways to pretend to know things you don’t.

A commitment to excellence – that will enable you to attain the success you seek.

I love technology – yes, I have fallen in love with older cars, but I’m all for new technology.

My last race was at Le Mans in 2000, my first race was in 1959, so I dodged a lot of bullets along the way, I can tell you that.

But every race conducted on real streets has a character of its own – Barcelona, Monaco, and now Long Beach.

If somebody around you or your family does not understand it, then that’s their problem. But if you do have a passion, an honest passion, just do it.

Staging Formula One is incredibly expensive.

You dream what you’re supposed to do.

Can the U.S. support two Formula 1 races? I think so.

In the U.S., we really have fallen short of road-racing facilities that have kept up with the times, unfortunately, but it’s a fact.

Even if it’s a long ways down the track, it punches a hole in the air that has to help. When you’re running alone, you can feel the difference, and it shows on the clock, too.

The man upstairs is pushing the buttons, and if your name happens to be on that button, well, thank you.

I bike all the time in New York City. I bike for hours. I can bike for eight hours a day and just go everywhere with bikes.

Just because you came here in 1880, 1950, whenever, you became an American. You get to celebrate July 4th like every other American.

Anger and hatred, when left unfed, bleed away like air from a punctured tire, over time and days and years. Forgiveness is stealth.

I’m one of the best actresses. One day I will win an Oscar.

Every dog, we are told, has his day, unless there are more dogs than days.

Why does it take two days for a polaroid of John Major to appear?

Thread of their days without pity, and in the midst of life, without ever concerning themselves with this fatal moment, living as though they were to exist for ever, they disappear into the obscure cloud of immortality, uncertain of the fate which lies in store for them.

You have to accept the storms and the rainy days and the things in life that you sometimes don’t want to face.