Love what you do. Believe in your instincts. And you'd better be able to pick yourself up and brush yourself off every day.

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.

Do it no matter what. If you believe in it, it is something very honorable. If somebody around you or your family does not understand it, then that's their problem. But if you do have a passion, an honest passion, just do it.

The only thing that happens if you wait, is that you get older.

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

I'm so thankful that I've had such a long and uninterrupted [knocks wood] career... I count my blessings every day for that because it was so fulfilling.

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