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

There's something special about racing in real streets. The 'artificial' circuits have a certain sameness to them. But every race conducted on real streets has a character of its own - Barcelona, Monaco, and now Long Beach.

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

Unfortunately, we don't educate drivers enough to be respectful on the road.

I lived the true American dream, because I was able to pursue what I set as my goals at a very young age.

I don't have any feeling of accomplishment about anything unless there's a lot of risk to it.

The United States is the only country where a driver can have a successful career - either in stock cars or IndyCar - and he won't need a passport.