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Motor racing is like one big family, ultimately, and when you come back to it, that's really what it feels like.
I definitely want to get more involved in making sure that West Coast racing is healthy and where it needs to be.
It is amazing how many drivers, even at the Formula One Level, think that the brakes are for slowing the car down.
Talk to yourself in two languages - what do I fear and what do I love - in order to balance the body and the soul.
I don't know why we have this flair for having dramatic finishes, but we've definitely had a few through the years.
First you learn to drive fast. Next, you learn to drive fast in traffic. Then, you learn how to do it for 500 miles.
I don't have many superstitions, just dumb things I don't talk about. I will not sign an autograph with a green pen.
When you look at how the sports world is changing, you have to figure out how to become different than everyone else.
On any given day, I don't think there's anybody who can outdrive me. That's the mind set I have going into every race.
The good Lord doesn't tell you what His plan is, so all you can do is get up in the morning and see what happens next.
There's no bigger thrill than beating the guy you're not supposed to beat or winning a race you're not supposed to win.
Sometimes you have to bring back only the steering wheel so the car owner will know that you're giving it all you have.
I purposefully try to go through days without picking my phone up, and that's hard to do because we're so dependent on it.
I'm a guy that likes to sit in the quiet and think about things, and sometimes it's way more relaxing to have dead silence.
Love what you do. Believe in your instincts. And you'd better be able to pick yourself up and brush yourself off every day.
I go to bed is around 11, and I do that for every race. I get good sleep. I don't lie awake for any race. That's my routine.
If the Indy Racing League didn't have the Indianapolis 500, do you think it would have lasted more than six months? No chance.
Transformation occurs when existing solutions, assumed truths and past decisions are exposed as unrealistic and self-defeating.
My last race was at Le Mans in 2000, my first race was in 1959, so I dodged a lot of bullets along the way, I can tell you that.
A relationship based on people-pleasing is unbalanced and an unnecessary sacrifice of integrity, that will eventually break down.
We've got a third, first and a pole; I don't think you could ask for much more than that. Hopefully we can finish it off [tonight].
I want to thank everybody at Stewart-Haas Racing, everybody at Ford for just continuing to put the effort they put into these cars.
At Indy, we are the NASA of the production-car world, and that's clearly why manufacturers are involved - it's such a good testbed.
When you have the most stable team in the garage from a financial standpoint and manufacturer standpoint, that attracts good people.
In the U.S., we really have fallen short of road-racing facilities that have kept up with the times, unfortunately, but it's a fact.
I don't ever leave my garage stall during practice. I don't want to know what other people are doing. I don't look at the scoreboard.
There is no doubt about precisely when folks began racing each other in automobiles. It was the day they built the second automobile.
If you don't come walking back to the pits every once in a while holding a steering wheel in your hands, you're not trying hard enough
My biggest concern during a race is getting bored. The biggest thing I have to combat is falling asleep while going around and around.
I believe you can have a much better life if you are true to your core self, and therefore guided by love and intuitive inner knowing.
You can work hard, do everything that you think is right, but one thing you'll never overcome in life is fate. You can't control fate.
Speed takes a little bit of getting used to, but rules have to be followed. At any speed, the more you run, the more you get used to it.
I have never driven an IndyCar, but based on everything I've heard, the characteristics and how you drive them are 180 degrees different.
I think social media really is a great tool. It fascinates me when I tweet something and right away you get a response almost immediately.
If you can qualify on the pole or in the front, you have a better chance of getting five points for leading a lap or leading the most laps.
The night I won my first Late Model race was the night my mom moved everything out of the house... There was a lot of situations like that.
If you make the schedule exciting and make the events exciting, that is what guarantees you the people to come back if they had a good time.
When you are losing it can seem like there is a black cloud following you around, but like they say there is a silver lining in every cloud.
I think it's counterproductive in many ways to pretend to know things you don't. You surround yourself with people who are the real experts.
I just prefer wood. I like the smell. To me, it's a lot cheaper than electric or gas, and it's more convenient. It's just a better heat to me.
If you can get your team to that point of being able to be in that playoff race mindset every week, that's something that most teams can't do.
I may drive in a few races next year if someone needs a substitute driver ... (but) if I were never to drive again, I have had a great career.
In life in general, you're never bulletproof, about the time you start thinking that, I always tell people, the karma train will come run you over.
Dale Earnhardt was the best race car driver there will ever be in NASCAR. I would hope you don't expect me to replace him because nobody ever will.
The United States is the only country where a driver can have a successful career - either in stock cars or IndyCar - and he won't need a passport.
Healing comes from taking responsibility: to realize that it is you - and no one else - that creates your thoughts, your feelings, and your actions.
I’ve always said I didn’t have a Plan B in life. I was in pursuit of my dream from the very beginning. It’s all about desire and passion. At all costs.
That's your goal every week: to put yourself in contention. There's a lot of circumstances and a lot of things that have to play out for that to happen.
I'm so thankful that I've had such a long and uninterrupted [knocks wood] career... I count my blessings every day for that because it was so fulfilling.
I've always said, 'I didn't have a Plan B in life.' I was in pursuit of my dream from the very beginning. It's all about desire and passion. At all costs.