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 can't take a vacation from speed. I probably could have taken more time off and not driven in all the different disciplines, but I wanted to drive, drive and drive.

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.

It is amazing how many drivers, even at the Formula One Level, think that the brakes are for slowing the car down.

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.

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.

Sometimes you have to bring back only the steering wheel so the car owner will know that you're giving it all you have.