Robby Gordon Quotes

If someone said to me that you can have three wishes, my first would have been to get into racing, my second to be in Formula 1, my third to drive for Ferrari.

I just always dreamed of racing cars, but I didn't think I could do it as a living.

I don't remember as a kid wanting to do or be anything else but drive something, be a race driver.

I'm an off-road racecar driver. And I think every woman in my life has told me that's not a sensible hobby. But when I was growing, even more than I wanted to be funny, I wanted to be a racecar driver. That's all I thought about. I worked for a race team when I was 15 and I traveled with them.

I love speed. I love racing cars, whether it's on the streets or wherever. Don't tell the St. Louis police, though.

My new life goes beyond my dreams because my dream was Formula One and I achieved it. I'm a driver, I feel like a driver. I have won this race because I am alive.

But to personally satisfy my own adrenalin needs, I've been racing cars a little bit, which has been fun.

I don't think I ever set my goals that high. As a kid growing up I just wanted an opportunity to race and to be able to make a living doing it. It just came together.

I drove long distances like the 24 hours of Le Mans for years. But even this racing is now over. I retired.

Let's make it clear: it's Ferrari I'm interested in. Drivers, we've had a lot, some very good, some great, but drivers come and go, while Ferrari remains.

James Finch is exactly what I'm looking for, as far as getting back into the race car to have fun.

But I could also start F1 or rallying. I love rallying much more.

But my passion is racing cars. It's what I like to do in my off time.

If I hadn't become an actor, I would've pursued a race-car driving career.

I always wanted to be a racing driver. Even if it was not F1, it would be something else.

I didn't think I was ever going to be a Cup driver. When I was a kid, before I started racing in the Xfinity Series, I thought that I was never going to get a chance, and then, if I did, I wasn't going to run well enough to maintain that opportunity and keep progressing.

I've been fortunate to drive for some of the greats in racing.

My big break came at 22 years old when I joined the Mercedes Benz touring championship team.

I never really looked at Formula One like that was the long-term goal. I obviously dreamed, and my aspirations were to get to Formula One, but I really started thinking about it in Formula 3 at 16, 17 years old, and I saw that it was right in front of me.

When I first climbed into a go-kart, aged 13, I thought to myself: 'This is what I want to do with my life, and I want to drive F1.'

Around 16 years old, when I was in Formula 3 and looking at potential options for the future, that's when I realized that Formula One was in the picture. But to be honest, I really just took it year by year throughout my karting years and stuff.

My goals in the future is to not just be in Formula 1. I want to be really successful, World Champion, though I guess this is like everyone! But that is what I'm targeting.

I am living my childhood dream of racing in Formula 1 and I've put my whole life into achieving that dream so it is only natural for me to be giving absolutely everything I've got, to achieve success in racing and the day I no longer do that I will retire from racing immediately.

This is what I have always done in my life, just racing and driving cars and go-karts fast.

Being an F1 driver is a crazy job but not what everyone expects. My year consists of 20% driving and 80% media, marketing, and travel.