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.

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.

From the driver's standpoint I had the same horrors, the same satisfactions, the same everything. The speed is relative. It's faster and things are happening quicker, but you have the equipment to handle it.

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.

Speed takes a little bit of getting used to, but rules have to be followed. At any speed, the more you run, the more you get used to it.

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