Quotes About Racing

I don't feel 50. I'm still ambitious, and I've only just got my licence to race sports cars. I race for an Aston Martin team called Beechdean, and it's a huge challenge.

I started off riding motorbikes and at that point my hero was Valentino Rossi.

I grew up going to race rings, and I really enjoyed it.

I had a lot of respect for what my dad did and the success that he had. I wanted to give it a try. He never forced me in any way to go this route. It was my decision. He would push me to work harder at it but only because it was my decision to race. If there was ever a day when I didn't want to do it any more, he would be fine.

The Russian Vitaly Petrov I feel was the worst newcomer and the worst driver.

We love to race in the sand dunes in Glamis.

The Pirellis you can push for a couple of laps and then you've got to start saving. It's not easy.

As I've gotten older, I know I race less, but I as an owner I have the same anxiety and the same frustration and energy for it.

Predominantly everything I have and everything I do revolves around my commitment to NASCAR on the team ownership side.

When you get to an F1 car and after one lap you see the pace is there, it is special emotions and I miss it so much.

I would probably build somewhere between a half-mile and three-quarter-mile track. It would be sort of like Indianapolis Raceway Park. When I was a kid, that was my favorite track.

But to personally satisfy my own adrenalin needs, I've been racing cars a little bit, which has been fun.

Schumacher wouldn't have let him past voluntarily. Of course he did it voluntarily, but he had to do it.

I can't imagine voluntarily standing beside an F1 track in the rain, watching motorised wedges plastered in corporate decals zooming past at 500mph.

I do laundry, but my bags from the last race will sit there until the very last minute that I have to do laundry again.

NASCAR fans are very knowledgeable and very passionate.

Boats are something I am very, very passionate about; cars are something I grew up with... I used to race cars since I was a child.

Each race, I feel like I'm a little more patient.

I ended up signing for IndyCar and it was a good decision. I should have waited another 10 days to actually talk to all of the teams, because I just went in, boom, I got the first offer and I said OK I'm racing. It's almost like it was the girlfriend just gives you a no and then you just get the next one that gives you a yes.

My father raced bikes. He gave me the passion very early. I had my first bike when I was three or four years old.

When I came to America Al Unser, Jr. was very difficult. And Bobby Unser.

My brain is just always going and going and going.

When I showed up to drive for Dale in '01 it was a brand new team.

I'm suited to harsh conditions, I don't like racing in the heat.