Quotes from Buddy Rice

It's hard to put into words, shaking hands with the most powerful man in the world.

Things happen for a reason. We'll see where life takes me from here.

I've always been under the radar.

In the past, people said I wasn't focused and didn't give it the time. That's a bunch of crap. I'm not doing anything different now than I did before.

I don't think you'll understand the true repercussions of what the 500 does for you until years down the road.

Between us and the writers, it was comedy hour the whole time. We could hardly get through it.

It's always a little different, racing on your hometown track. It makes it more special.

Mile tracks put more emphasis on the driver. On the longer tracks, you can drive flat out all the way around, so it's more of an engineering exercise. On a mile, you can't run flat out. You're constantly in traffic, there's more driver involvement.

When the car's going well, I purr like a kitten.

It's pretty cool to be able to hang out with the President and have the race-winning car on the South Lawn.

I'm not promoting myself as the next great American driver, as some people are describing me. If that's what people want to call me, fine. But I've got more important things to focus on.

I've always loved old hot rods. I have four or five of them at home that I work on when I'm not working out.

When the car's going well, I purr like a kitten.

It's pretty cool to be able to hang out with the President and have the race-winning car on the South Lawn.