“We always had a relationship, but what’s important is that I pretty much started my F1 career with them and ended it there, too.”

Motor racing is like one big family, ultimately, and when you come back to it, that’s really what it feels like.

I’ve driven just about every kind of car there is.

I count my blessings every day, quite honestly, because I take nothing for granted.

If the Indy Racing League didn’t have the Indianapolis 500, do you think it would have lasted more than six months? No chance.

It seemed like whenever I got a bona fide offer from Ferrari, I couldn’t do it. And vice versa – when I was ready, their seats were taken.

Every NASCAR driver watches Formula One in the morning; they are well informed.

When you start thinking you may get hurt, it’s time to get out of racing.

You do the best you can with what’s thrown at you, then you try again.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with the expansion to countries like Asia, China, Malaysia.

You see people in the left lane, and as long as they are on the speed limit, they stay there. Get in the right lane and let people pass you.

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.