Robby Gordon Quotes

The United States is the only country where a driver can have a successful career - either in stock cars or IndyCar - and he won't need a passport.

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

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 believe to have been one of the rare drivers to have returned to Ferrari.

I have had this opportunity to go on a journey and experience the ride of racing cars, of different championships around the world, go-karts, F3, F4, and now F1. It's been so amazing to be able to experience that. There have been bad days, good days, and it's been a great ride.

I wanted to be a professional motor racer. It was only due to lack of sponsors that I could not do it.

I would have loved to race from 1970 to 1980.

When I said I wanted to get back racing my dream was to be an F1 driver. I didn't know how realistic that was going to be until I'd driven again.

The era of gentleman racing drivers is ended.

I have always watched the Race of Champions on TV every year and dreamed about participating one day. It's fantastic to be invited; I'm so happy. To represent Team Germany together with Michael Schumacher is a great honor.

My career in racing started at a very young age in California.

I have been in Formula One for 12 years, and out of that I had one year with the perfect car.

There are races and then there are races. And without a doubt, the Indy 500 is the race that I've always wanted to attend. And now, to be driving the Corvette Pace Car... this is going to be unbelievable.

I love the role of being the experienced driver and that is definitely the case next year - I think I am the most experienced guy in F1 next year.

My last race was at Le Mans in 2000, my first race was in 1959, so I dodged a lot of bullets along the way, I can tell you that.

The place where I had so much success as a driver would be where I had my first win as a team owner.

When I turned 16, I got my driver's license like the rest of my classmates, but I also got an extra present: a two-day practice session in a Formula Ford: my first open-wheel racing car and the first step on the ladder toward becoming a professional driver.

I've got more stuff asked of me every week. But I drive a race car for a living. My car owner lets me race as many sprint car races as I want to run.

I want to be up front racing.

Winning in Monaco is always special. That track has always been good to me. I won there in Formula 3000, battled for the victory with Williams in 2006 and now I've won two of the last three grands prix there.

I was fascinated by racing as a kid, but no way would I have thought I'd make it into Formula One from here, from being from Perth, racing on little local go-kart tracks, you know.

If I don't get a race deal then I expect to be a test driver for a top team.

I am a racing driver and I am not just some guy who has had an accident and gone back to racing because that is what he enjoys.

You don't win NASCAR races without ability.

I've learned a tremendous amount. I've gained a lot of experience competing at the highest level with the best drivers in the world in F1.