“All of the courses that run through real streets are very demanding. There is no room for error, no shoulders to lean on.”

I wanted to have a career that would last a hundred years if possible.

Nothing compares to the Indianapolis 500.

The most important thing at Daytona is, are you going to have friends willing to work with you during the race as far as drafting?

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.

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

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.

Only to have a grief equal to all these tears!

All of my close friends have been in my life for years. My best friends are all people I met in grade school, going back as far as 3rd grade.

It’s not like I crave attention all the time.

God doesn’t just love all of us. He loves each of us.

Messi is the best player of all time. Better than Pele, better than Maradona and better than anyone else.

I’ve never seen this many all-stars in the locker room at the same time.

All of those women were strong women.

And all of them do drugs and are into that life – it doesn’t matter; come as you are, and God does his work.