Quotes About Commitment

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 get asked all the time 'didn't you ever want to be a race car driver?' And I knew pretty early on that I was going to be on the other side of that equation.

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

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

I think I've shown that all the promises I made that I was going to win races were real and not bull.

I go out there to do my best week in and week out to win races.

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.

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

I will drive flat out all the time. I love racing.

When you go to club racing in Denmark, people spend money to buy a race car and go and race, and many don't actually really have the money, but they spend it anyway because they love it and that's why I like those kind of things.

Racing is a great mania to which one must sacrifice everything, without reticence, without hesitation.

You still need a good balance of what we do away from racing, and I feel like school, for me, has been that balance.

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 probably work harder, putting in a lot of time and effort, than a lot of drivers because all I think about, and all I do, is to do with racing, trying to make myself a better driver.

The fact that I'm racing, yes, is important, it's my passion, but, it's not my life, racing.

I'm not racing through my division - I'm cleaning it out.

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

I really thought my racing days were behind me but it is tough to give up something that has been a part of my life for so long and that I love so much.

Beside the brand-ambassador elements of the modern racing driver, the evolution of the athlete has mandated that as drivers, we are very committed to fitness.

I'm so used to being in this racing world. This is what I want to do. I don't like doing anything else.

The only time I think about life beyond F1 is when I contemplate becoming a dad. But there's no way that's going to happen while I'm still racing. To be successful in F1 you need to be very selfish in lots of ways and you're away from home for long periods. That's not the kind of father I want to be.

Racing is in my blood, I can't quite get out of it yet.

I think racing and riding are two different elements of cycling. You either want to or not depending on what you want to get out of it.