Quotes from Dario Franchitti

I always bump into people that Ive met. Not great friends, but if I bump into somebody Ive known and I wont recognise them. It can be embarrassing at times.

I hope I can help the team improve their performance, and what that would look like, I guess, is one of the guys winning the 500 or the championship. If that happened, I would be a tiny part.

I absolutely don't regret going to Nascar and I'm not finished with it. I intend to be back one day.

When I moved over to the States full time it was a culture shock. I had a great life over there, I really did, but I was always homesick. I always wanted to get home whenever I could.

If I get tired, my concentration goes away. My decision-making isnt as razor sharp as it was. I will repeat myself; my memorys not great, I forget words.

I didn't realise how tightly wound I was until I retired because I would think about racing pretty close to 24 hours a day, seven days a week. I really focused.

You go from a touring car to an IndyCar, which isn't a great jump, and then you go to this big old heavy stock car which doesn't feel like anything you've ever driven before. All of a sudden none of the stuff you've learned in your career - like setting up the car or what the mechanics need to know - works any more.

I like relaxing, water-skiing on a loch, or playing with toys like bikes and helicopters.

Racing is a dangerous sport, but weve worked very hard to make it safer. We always have, the drivers, the teams, the governing bodies, the tracks.

Cars are my weakness, what can I tell ya? I like to buy cars.

It's a big misconception that racing drivers aren't fit. My trainer, who used to be a professional triathlete, equates the fitness level of the drivers to triathletes.

I'm Scottish. Both my parents were born there, but I'm very proud of my Italian heritage as well.

I'm not going to be running round at the back of the grid, or even in midfield, just for the sake of saying I've been in Formula One.

In Nascar, I was in a situation where I was out of my comfort zone.

Mission Ignition' was really brilliant. Each show was made in a day. It wasnt staged, we made each show in a day, and it was fairly intense.

It's a pretty stark choice: you either deal with the dangers of the sport or you get out of the car.

I stayed out of the Hollywood limelight wherever I could. That was never something I was comfortable with. That was something that had to be dealt with rather than something I wanted.