Does it scare me, driving into nothing at 300kph? - Of course it does - I'm not an idiot.

When I look fast, I'm not smooth and I am going slowly. And when I look slow, I am smooth and going fast.

Do you know, why I really love my helmet that much? Because it makes me 15 centimetres taller!

Without going to what I think is my limit. I always say that my ideal is to get pole with the minimum effort, and to win the race at the slowest speed possible.

I always work the same way, starting from the beginning of the weekend, so I know at the beginning of the race, from all that I have analysed during the practice, whether I will win the race or not.

Sometimes I think I could have got some better results if I had a different mentality; if I could have pushed hard and attacked. But then I would have had a good chance of making a mistake.

I have no problem with the people who work hard to get success. But I think people are very jealous about success. I work very hard and they don't appreciate that.

The people who criticise you will not be the ones taking care of your legs when you are in your wheelchair. People who never drove a car in these conditions, they just don't know.

When you win a race like this the feeling is very, very good.

In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place.

It's always better to speak the language of the team. Not only for the direct contact with everyone - sometimes it also helps you to understand the mentality of the people in the team a bit better.

We don’t get to choose what happens to us—but we always get to choose how we react to it.

How I describe myself??I guy who likes to be in state of confuse, being confuse makes me incredible in thinking!

If you have stage fright, it never goes away. But then I wonder: is the key to that magical performance because of the fear?

I love the passion you go through while you're creating.

All I want to be is human and American and have all the same rights and I will shut up.

Partly, I'm worried that no one is saying anything because they are afraid of being seen as politically correct.

Never frown even when ur sad, coz u never know whose falling in love with ur smile!

I don't know about liberal bias, but people of a liberal mentality are probably attracted in greater numbers to the arts than people of a conservative mentality.

When I was growing up in Pennsylvania, auditioning for Broadway was my dream.

I can put two and two together, you know. Do not think you are dealing with a man who has lost his grapes.