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.

If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.

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.

Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.

If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.

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

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

A father-son relationship is strong, like no other teammates. You could be straightforward with one another.

A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments.

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.

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.

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

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.

Desire is the key to motivation, but it's the determination and commitment to unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.

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

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

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

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

I like to think that the Grand Prix helped Long Beach to pretty much change its image.

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

I look at myself as the luckiest man alive.

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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.

It makes great conversation to discuss what's wrong with open-wheel racing today.

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.

Long Beach is the best. I tell everyone that.

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

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.

Not all teammates tell the truth.

Staging Formula One is incredibly expensive.

The banked oval tracks are obsolete tracks for Indy cars.

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.

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

The most important thing at Daytona is, are you going to have friends willing to work with you during the race as far as drafting? You've got to have friends out there. You can't do it alone. You form those relationships as the race moves along.

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.

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.

Tom Carnegie will never be replaced.

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

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

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.

When you start thinking you may get hurt, it's time to get out of racing.

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

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