Quotes About Competition

Gone are the days when you could lie on a beach between races and still be in good enough shape to compete. Gone are the days when simply wearing a brand on your firesuit was enough to justify the marketing expense of an Indy Car. Racing an Indy Car is only about a quarter of my life as a racing driver.

I am very happy because motor racing is very important outside the states, very big all over the world.

I wear a continuous glucose monitor when I'm racing.

It's horse racing. If you can't beat him one way, try to win another way.

The Olympics are a world apart from racing for a record. You put out of your mind pretty much what anyone else doing in the race.

My whole feeling in terms of racing is that you have to be very bold. You sometimes have to be aggressive and gamble.

Finishing races is important, but racing is more important.

I really just love racing cars in general.

There's a line you have when you're racing, and you can ride up to that line. If you push beyond it, you might crash. But first is first, second is forgotten. That's what we say.

I put myself under a lot of pressure when I was racing, all the time.

Everyone wants to see racing. This is what F1 is for and this is what it is.

I'll watch a bit of Formula One, and motorcycle racing. I've always had an interest in all motorsports, and I still ride bikes.

It's just part of my DNA. I love racing.

We were creating a formula for points racing, and that wasn't good in qualifying for the Chase, and it wasn't good when we got to the Chase. We wanted to change that, and we also wanted to fix a couple things. One of them was that we didn't want to have a bad race or two take somebody out early on in the Chase, which has happened every year.

We have moved away from basic racing, where you see how the drivers fight with the cars to their physical limits and then make mistakes - or not.

But since we've been fighting for first or second place, it's grabbed the media's attention. I enjoy racing them. They are a good team and when you beat them it's something to be proud of.

Racing amuses me.

If you are not allowed to defend, what's racing about, then?

Racing is very physical.

My father is a huge horse racing fan, so I was introduced to the sport long before 'Seabiscuit.' But the role made me an even bigger fan. Horse racing is one of my favorite sports.

When I arrived in Champ Cars, which at the time used to be called Indy Cars and then got renamed CART and then renamed Champ Cars, I was racing against Jimmy Vasser, my team-mate, but more than him, I was racing against Michael Andretti, Emerson Fittapaldi, Al Unser Jr. - guys that had big names.

I have to accept risk as a racing driver.

I enjoy Saturday night racing.

The racing bug is never going to go away. It's like the Mafia.