Of course there are moments that you wonder how long you should be doing it because there are other aspects which are not nice, of this lifestyle. But I just love winning.

If a person has no dreams, they no longer have any reason to live. Dreaming is necessary, although in the dream reality should be glimpsed. For me this is a principle of life.

If you no longer go for a gap that exists, you are no longer a racing driver.

I believe that we start to see our true personalities when we go through the most difficult moments. This is when we get stronger

The main thing is to be yourself. Many times its through a mistake that you learn. And the main thing is to make sure you learn through your mistakes and get better.

I am not designed to come second or third. I am designed to win.

When you're not happy, you need to be strong to change, resisting the temptation of turning back. The weak goes nowhere

If you have God on your side, everything becomes clear.

The past is just data. I only see the future.

With regard to performance, commitment, effort, dedication, there is no middle ground. Or you do something very well or not at all.

You commit yourself to such a level where there is no compromise. You give everything you have, everything, absolutely everything.

Prayer beautifies you

Loneliness is the ultimate poverty.

Creativity is more than just being different. Anybody can plan weird; that's easy. What's hard is to be as simple as Bach. Making the simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity.

I think women still want to be married. But I don't think they'll do anything to get married anymore

Right now there’s kind of a generational change. Young Americans do not trust this government. Without trusting government you can't do a lot of things.

What's right for New York or California, is not necessarily right for Iowa.

I probably played hurt a lot more times than I should have.

The only problem in art is to achieve a balance between the subjective and the objective.

Nothing I have done professionally will top the feeling I got when singing with John Farnham at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.

Neurotics build castles in the air, psychotics live in them. My mother cleans them.