Quotes About Dedication

You go your whole life for one moment that boils down to a race that lasts a couple seconds.

I'm not in a race with anybody to make the biggest hit movie anymore. I am just trying to tell stories that I can stay interested in for the two years it takes me to supervise the writing and to direct them.

We ate at 6:30 or 7:00 in the morning, before the race. First a small breakfast with the cheese and the ham and then steaks. It was horrible, but you know, you had to eat steaks to be strong. It was absolutely crazy.

If I am going to race, I will put everything on the line.

I didn't start driving race cars because of the fame or the money, but the most rewarding factor is being complimented on what you do, and your fans are always the first to do that.

Being a good race car driver is one thing, but to take all the time commitments and all the pushing and pulling and learning when to say no - because you need to rest or focus on the things you need to do to make the car go fast - those are the hardest things to learn and the most distracting things to learn.

I'm just a race car driver.

I love race car drivers, I love gymnastics, I love UFC, I love police officers, I love firefighters. I just try to give them the same enjoyment they give me.

To be completely honest, I am obsessed with Formula 1 so in the off-season I would like to have just a few more races to still race in F1.

I am proud of what I was able to do, the races I was able to win and the championships, but that had as much to do with the teams and the people I worked with as well. Its not something you just do on your own; it's a whole army.

As far as me personally, I guess I'm going to come to the races for as long as I can.

Having the chance to be able to fight for something really meaningful - races, championships - that's the absolute priority.

I enter myself in races. I did a triathlon, and I have done a marathon a couple of times.

If you don't finish half of the races, you are not going to have a very good season.

I want to be part of that long list who have achieved great things with McLaren, won races and championships.

Prestigious events like the Main Event at the WSOP are marathon races. Fatigue is sure to set in.

I love Daytona and Talladega. I'd like to think maybe I could quit one day running all the races and just run a few that I like.

I believe in what Richard Petty Motorsports is doing and their desire to win races.

When I go to small races in Denmark, it's what I imagined what F1 would have been like back in the 60s and 70s. After the 70s it became a bit different. But 50s and 60s at least, people were only there because they love it.

I was a drag racer. And even though I don't drag race, we still go to all the races.

I have been going from one racetrack to another for years, since I was 14.

The goal is not to count medals, it's just racing the best I can.

I am a racing driver and I am not just some guy who has had an accident and gone back to racing because that is what he enjoys.

There are other things that I could do, but there's really nothing that I love as much as horse racing.