Danica Patrick Quotes
Indy, I have lots of great memories from there, and probably the part of me that doesn't feel quite as longing for it is that there is still a chance that I could do it again. It's not gone.
Give yourself permission to shoot for something that seems totally beyond your grasp. You may be surprised at your capabilities
If you want to be the best in your industry you need to have a relentless dedication to your job.
I've been taught from a young age to want to be the best driver... It was about being the best driver and not the best girl.
Sometimes it takes looking at the past to really be able to move forward and learn from it.
Take those chances and you can achieve greatness, whereas if you go conservative, you'll never know.
It would be hypocritical of me to use being female in some ways, and diss being female in other ways. It's part of the programme.
I think you have to feel comfortable with your car. You have to go into Turn 1, every lap, with confidence. You have to be sure of yourself and your equipment.
I know what it takes to be fast and I feel like every year I learn valuable lessons about how to be better the next time.
In motorsports we work in the grey areas a lot. You're trying to find where the holes are in the rule book.
You know, it's always good to have seen a track before, just to kind of know where the little bumps are here and there, and just the general feel for the size.
To be honest, once you've driven around for about five, 10 laps, you don't notice a difference.
I've read stories that are set in a celebrity's house, and you know where it is and what it looks like and what's inside it, and that's not something I want anyone to know.
I didn't want to fall back. But I realized it was more important to make it to the end under my own power than to run flat out in the lead or in second and then run out of fuel with a lap to go.
Every time I get into a Nationwide car after being in a Cup car, I feel so much more comfortable than I did previously.
I'm not tall enough to be a model, but I wish I was 6-foot, because I love it. It's kind of artsy, and I'm artsy. And I love clothes.
I've never asked for special treatment along the way. And I'm never going to hide the fact that I'm a girl, ever. That's obvious, isn't it?
No matter how good you are, how brave you are or anything, it comes down to that car so many times. Not every time, but so many times.
I think that Indy is special to me. The greater the distance between the last time I drove an Indy car and the next time, I wouldn't like that to be too big.
No one wants to hear my perspective on politics, but I think honestly as you get older, you get more interested in it.
I think there's a lot of deep-rooted history in England with racing. Lots of Formula One teams are based there. Formula One is obviously a huge sport over in England and Europe.
People have opinions about everything and especially when you get into that world of animal rights or tree rights or whatever rights, they all have an opinion.
My boyfriend loves golf and he is good at it but I am not that great at it. It drives me nuts, but I'm super competitive and I always want to win.
If there's one great thing I think that's happened over the years, it's that women are being accepted into a man's world in all different areas, whether it's flying an airplane or driving a race car.
I want to win at everything. I usually don't like things that I'm not good at, but it doesn't mean I don't want to win at them.
Being a girl, my parents could have discouraged me from racing ... but my family has such a passion and so much confidence in me, and that goes a long way.
When pressure's on and when the spotlight's on, I feel like it ultimately ends up becoming some of my better moments.
My first Indy 500 was one of my high points. I ended up qualifying fourth and I finished fourth. I had a win in Japan a few years later, and then qualifying for Daytona was great as well.
I think you can be happy and still be competitive. A good lesson for everybody is to think a bit before you speak and represent who you really are instead of the brash emotional you.
In this society these days, women are widely accepted in all kinds of cross-gender areas. So yeah, it's time!
