“I lived the true American dream, because I was able to pursue what I set as my goals at a very young age.”

I still have the competitive spirit, which is good.

Age doesn’t affect driving – how do you like that?

Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal .

You’ve got to have friends out there. You can’t do it alone. You form those relationships as the race moves along.

Not all teammates tell the truth.

I see all these old people who don’t have anything to do but eat, drink and sleep.

Whatever the changes, from one era to the next, Pocono has maintained its character and significance to me, and it always will. My family shares this sentiment.

Foreign players is what makes golf so popular now.

If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough.

Nobody had race savvy like Al Unser in his prime.

You should never get away from where the real foundation of Formula One has been, which is Europe.

It makes great conversation to discuss what’s wrong with open-wheel racing today.

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

Unfortunately, we don’t educate drivers enough to be respectful on the road.

The United States is the only country where a driver can have a successful career – either in stock cars or IndyCar – and he won’t need a passport.

I will never say ‘retired’ because that’s such a finality that I don’t want to be part of my life. I’ll work until they throw me in a box.

The true measure of a career is to be able to be content, even proud, that you succeeded through your own endeavors without leaving a trail of casualties in your wake.

You could then, when you lay that as the groundwork, say, “Here I am. This is what I think. I come in peace.” Then you’re able to push out, to be able to talk about more things. And that’s been a really heartening thing about my life, actually.

I want to be able to open up the really good treasures of the Church and Christianity to people.

You don’t score 64 goals in 86 games at the highest level without being able to score goals.

I was able to come up with a couple articles for the magazine, I was able to solicit help from a bunch of my friends to contribute pieces: Patton Oswalt, Seth Green, Emo Phillips, Chris Hardwick, John Hodgman, and more.

No one is a freak of nature. No one is going to be able to take the pounding a running back has to take over a 10- or 12-year career and not lose a step.

To be able to thank Allah for a blessing is a blessing within itself.

As my father used to tell me, the only true sign of success in life is being able to do for a living that which makes you happy.