“And I often said, I wish I could’ve had some of his patience. I know it would have worked for me many times.”

I love all motor sports at the top level.

I like to think that the Grand Prix helped Long Beach to pretty much change its image.

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.

Words spoken cannot be recalled, and many a man and many a woman who has spoken a word at once regretted, are far too proud to express that regret.

I have many times been praised for my lack of animosity towards the Germans. It’s not a philosophical virtue. It’s a habit of having my second reactions before the first.

Since these early days, I have seen and have experienced many types of discrimination and all of them were rooted in the fear of people that were different than the majority.

I should, many a good day, have blown my brains out, but for the recollection that it would have given pleasure to my mother-in-law.

There was a side of me that knew I was gonna change the game, but I didn’t know how many people would respect it.

If what the heart approves conforms to proper patterns, then even if one’s desires are many, what harm would they be to good order?

The world has turned over many times since I took the oath on the plain at West Point?but I still remember the refrain of one of the most popular ballads of that day which proclaimed most proudly that old soldiers never die; they just fade away.

If a man proves too clearly and convincingly to himself…that a tiger is an optical illusion–well, he will find out he is wrong.