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.

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.

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.

Desire is the key to motivation.

You do the best you can with what's thrown at you, then you try again.

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