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.
If a neighbor is killed in a car accident, do you sell your car and stop driving?
I don't have any feeling of accomplishment about anything unless there's a lot of risk to it.
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.
My biggest concern during a race is getting bored. The biggest thing I have to combat is falling asleep while going around and around.
The man upstairs is pushing the buttons, and if your name happens to be on that button, well, thank you.
Tom Carnegie will never be replaced.
I look at myself as the luckiest man alive.
You dream what you're supposed to do
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.
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.
The passport changes but the blood doesn't
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.
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.
Young drivers are supposed to be hard on equipment. That's how you learn.
