I don't remember the first time I won. I remember the first time I lost, and it sucked. It was go-karts; I was, like, 6 years old.

I get fit taking my bike out in the woods.

I love the American way of life.

I really like the really high banked tracks.

I'd rather have a hot dog than caviar.

I'm busy, man, too busy. There's a lamentable absence of free time.

I've made a lot of friends over the years through racing, but we weren't necessarily teammates.

In Colombia maybe 95% of the population follow Formula One. It's crazy.

Just take each race as it comes and have fun.

My reputation is aggressive this and aggressive that.

Now, when it's time to get down to business, I get down to business.

When people are nice to me, I'm nice to them.

When you plan something, it never works.

You know, I think in Europe NASCAR is not regarded as high as it should.

I get this a lot: 'Oh, can you take a picture with my baby? Can you hold the baby?' I don't want to hold your baby! I'll hold my baby. I don't like holding someone else's baby. I'm serious! You never know what could happen. It's such an awkward position you're put in, and it's like, 'No, sorry.'

I think it's good for sports cars to be united, to be just one. I think it's good for the fans. When you have two different series, fans don't know which way to go, when you only have one I think it's good for the sport.

You've gotta respect everybody. If they race hard against you, you've got to race hard against them. It's very simple; if there's respect both ways, there's no problem.