You had to decompress the pressure before the race. I taught my heart to relax. I lay down before the race. It gave me more energy just before the race.

The racing driver's mind has to have the ability to have amazing anticipation, coordination, and reflex. Because of the speed the car goes.

You have to visualize a second or two ahead of your car what line you are taking, what you are going to do, before you get there because it comes too fast.

A racing driver has to be a good driver.

You are going in one second the length of a football field. That means your brain is receiving information from your body what your car is doing physically, bumping, balance, performance.

Also, I am very religious. It gave me peace of mind all my career.

I was extremely lucky. I had some huge crashes and yet I am still here, thanks to God.

Indy car racing is much more aggressive.

I go to see grand prix every year, and I watch every race on TV for sure. I probably go to three or four CART races and three or four Formula One races.

I think with new president Chris Pook of CART, he is very active and strong.

To race Formula three is very high risk and I am not going to take a chance. Thank god I am not doing it!

Religion should lay more emphasis on our relationship with people

Eventually, you're gonna have to let someone in.

Richard Nixon was a serial collector of resentments.

How do you make love to someone when you know they’ll be gone forever the next day? How do you spend the last few hours with someone when you know there will never beanything after that?

See yourself in everything and everything in yourself. This is Oneness.

Enthusiasm just creates bubbles; it doesn't keep them from popping.

You can't teach children to be good. The best you can do for your child is to live a good life yourself. What a parent knows and believes, the child will lean on.

For me, marriage is a grotesque, unforgiving, clunky contrivance. Yet society pushes it as a shimmering ideal.

It is important to remember that the Pacific Ocean covers a quarter of the world's surface and that each Pacific country has its own cultural, historical and ethnic identity.

Always tell only the truth, and all the truth, and do so promptly - right now.