I wanted to have a career that would last a hundred years if possible.

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

Long Beach is the best. I tell everyone that.

I love technology - yes, I have fallen in love with older cars, but I'm all for new technology.

My last race was at Le Mans in 2000, my first race was in 1959, so I dodged a lot of bullets along the way, I can tell you that.

A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments.

Every NASCAR driver watches Formula One in the morning; they are well informed.

What I learned is that in business you must make decisions based on facts, not react with your heart.

There is so much more demand for Formula One than it can supply. You have governments investing in circuits all over the world, and the private sector sometimes has a tough time competing with that.

You dream what you're supposed to do.

If you're so afraid of failure, you will never succeed. You have to take chances.

Tom Carnegie will never be replaced.

The man upstairs is pushing the buttons, and if your name happens to be on that button, well, thank you.

The banked oval tracks are obsolete tracks for Indy cars.

All of the courses that run through real streets are very demanding. There is no room for error, no shoulders to lean on. If you go off the road, you're into somebody's shop-window or front porch.

Staging Formula One is incredibly expensive.

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.

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

Al Unser Sr. was one of the smartest drivers I've ever raced against. And I often said, I wish I could've had some of his patience. I know it would have worked for me many times.

I see all these old people who don't have anything to do but eat, drink and sleep. I will never say 'retired' because that's such a finality that I don't want to be part of my life. I'll work until they throw me in a box.

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

Anybody who can drive and doesn't come out of it a rich man is a fool.

The day of parochialism in sports is over. The world is too small for what people like to call 'the good old days.' Fans want the best, wherever they come from.

I love all motor sports at the top level.