The experts or the cynics say, "Oh, those were the good old days, that's when drivers were really drivers. They didn't have all these aids." You know what? What we had, we did the best with and when we got more we provided what was needed.

The passport changes but the blood doesn't

Nobody is born with a steering wheel or a gear shift in his hand. It's something you choose to do or you don't.

When a car's ahead of you, as long as you can see it, you get a tow, just like the draft in NASCAR. Even if it's a long ways down the track, it punches a hole in the air that has to help. When you're running alone, you can feel the difference, and it shows on the clock, too.

My biggest concern during a race is getting bored. The biggest thing I have to combat is falling asleep while going around and around.

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.

If you don't come walking back to the pits every once in a while holding a steering wheel in your hands, you're not trying hard enough