Michael Waltrip Quotes

Newman and I were friends. We were great teammates, and he needs to check his trophy case on that Daytona 500 trophy I helped him get years ago.

Winning Le Mans didn't change my career, but it definitely gave me a boost.

I have been waiting to win a world championship since 1985. I've had three cracks at a world title - in karting, I finished third at Le Mans; that hurt because it was very close, but then in Formula One there wasn't really an opportunity to finally crack it, so it's third time lucky.

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

I want to win a championship and to win the Indy 500 makes me want it so much more.

I've been fortunate enough that in every form of motor sports in which I've competed, we've won.

If I have luck and keep working and the puzzle comes together, maybe one day I will drive an F1 car.

I'll go out there and prove to everybody that I belong to the Cup Series.

You've got to understand, I'd been trying to get to Victory Lane my whole career.

My dad certainly has an eye for talent and he did something right getting his sons to the top of NASCAR.

In my opinion, Jimmie Johnson should be our most popular guy because he's won seven championships.

I've had a lot of support from back home, starting way back in karting and since then I have been lucky to have been supported by some great Finnish companies.

I guess if you're not going to win the championship, you're better off taking the opportunity to win a Brickyard or a Daytona 500 than you are to make the Chase and then fizzle out.

I woke up this morning, and I still don't believe I won the Daytona 500.

The Daytona 500 is a career-winning race. It defines careers for drivers, crew members, crew chiefs and race teams. It has that power.

The fact that I am still alive after 100,000 laps is my championship.

You arrive at Formula One being very skeptical, how far can your talent deal with all this, and then you understand those guys are human and pretty reasonable, and finally succeeding in winning your first race, in circumstance as such, it was just an amazing moment.

I love racing and I love doing well.

I feel very privileged Williams has selected me as one of their race drivers. The team has great heritage and I hope I can help write a good chapter in their history.

It is such a special feeling to win a grand prix.

The day that arrives the first victory or the first win for McLaren-Honda will be a massive achievement for all of us.

My aim, as always, is to deliver a good and consistent performance across the year. That is the goal for any driver.

I am the driver. I am the owner, kind of the sponsor, except for our sponsorship with Dodge.

I have to say it was a very good start, a very good first season. I enjoyed it a lot, scored good points and gained a lot of experience.

I want to be part of that long list who have achieved great things with McLaren, won races and championships.