I've always loved old hot rods. I have four or five of them at home that I work on when I'm not working out.

Things happen for a reason. We'll see where life takes me from here.

In the past, people said I wasn't focused and didn't give it the time. That's a bunch of crap. I'm not doing anything different now than I did before.

Mile tracks put more emphasis on the driver. On the longer tracks, you can drive flat out all the way around, so it's more of an engineering exercise. On a mile, you can't run flat out. You're constantly in traffic, there's more driver involvement.

When the car's going well, I purr like a kitten.

I'm not promoting myself as the next great American driver, as some people are describing me. If that's what people want to call me, fine. But I've got more important things to focus on.

You have to take everything as it comes.