What is golden is miles under your belt, miles, miles, miles.

If things don't seem out of control, you're not going fast enough.

Sebastian Vettel's brilliant talent will ultimately come forth and he'll continue to show what he's capable of. I will never ever degrade Vettel's ability. Sooner or later, he'll prove anyone so wrong

But really - look at the span of my career, and it's something people dream about. And to be spared major injury: I had some moments along the way, but being able to retire on my own terms after having driven during those decades when safety conditions were more precarious than today - am I lucky, or  what?

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

You're safer in the race car than you are in cars going to and from the track.

Speed is relative. You have to live it. You can't just jump into it. You have to live it all the time.