I've always said, 'I didn't have a Plan B in life.' I was in pursuit of my dream from the very beginning. It's all about desire and passion. At all costs.

I don't want to go out there and do something 3,000 other people can do.

I think it's counterproductive in many ways to pretend to know things you don't. You surround yourself with people who are the real experts.

In NASCAR, you can do a lot of banging around and get pretty serious and even get yourself upside down. All of those things can happen - and then you give an interview two seconds later.

I don't have any feeling of accomplishment about anything unless there's a lot of risk to it.

I look at myself as the luckiest man alive.

As far as I'm concerned, Parnelli Jones was the greatest driver of his era. He had aggressiveness and also a finesse that no one else possessed. And he won with everything he put his hands on, including off-road.

If a neighbor is killed in a car accident, do you sell your car and stop driving?

It seemed like whenever I got a bona fide offer from Ferrari, I couldn't do it. And vice versa - when I was ready, their seats were taken. We always had a relationship, but what's important is that I pretty much started my F1 career with them and ended it there, too.

With tennis, you can go pick up a racket, take a lesson, and understand how much talent and skill it takes to be as good as the top pros. Same with golf: pick up a club. But not many can go out and get in a race car and experience a drive at over 200 miles an hour.

You're safer in the race car than you are in cars going to and from the track.

Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal.

You should never get away from where the real foundation of Formula One has been, which is Europe. Of course, there is nothing wrong with the expansion to countries like Asia, China, Malaysia.

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

There's something special about racing in real streets. The 'artificial' circuits have a certain sameness to them. But every race conducted on real streets has a character of its own - Barcelona, Monaco, and now Long Beach.

Whenever you're aggressive, you're at the edge of mistakes.

You see people in the left lane, and as long as they are on the speed limit, they stay there. Get in the right lane and let people pass you - let the police worry about somebody who wants to speed. Don't force them pass in the right lane and zig zag, which can create an accident, just because you think you're correct.

Everything comes to those who wait... except a cat.

I count my blessings every day, quite honestly, because I take nothing for granted.

Marilyn Monroe Productions was the first female-owned production company in Hollywood. She paved the way for women in Hollywood, and every single woman owes something to her for that, whether they agree with her image or not.

Prince was one of the best people I've met. He didn't care about the big system. I was always like, at any time, Prince could write a No. 1 song because he's that talented, but he chooses to do what he wants. I respect that. He actually helped me through a lot of situations with his knowledge.

My father identified as a black man. No one asked him because he was clearly black. But people always ask me. If we were together, people would look at us in a really strange way. It sucked. As a little girl I had blond hair and they'd look at me, look at him, and be disgusted.

When you feel like hope is gone,look inside you and be strong and you'll finally see the truth that a HERO lies in you

Once there was a time when I had jock itch . It itchedbad. Then it turned to acne. I chose Stridex. 'Pig's Valve' - Mariah Carey: The Early Poems