Michael Andretti Quotations

Very exciting times for us ... and me personally, obviously, with everything that's going on. I think with the team that we have, it's just been a dream these last three years.

Would I be back here if it wasn't for Marco? No. Now that I'm here, I'm going to try to win.

My initial motivation was to come back and race with Marco. But now I'm very excited about the chance to win this race. I'm excited to do it.

I don't think Americans embrace Formula One like every other country embraces Formula One. You really don't get the support like a driver from, say, Germany would. It's a lot more difficult for sure.

I expect that whomever is in front after that final pit stop will win the race. That means your pit crew has to be flawless in that last stop. If you pull out of the pits with the lead, you'll be very, very hard to pass. At that point, it's yours to lose.

He's all but signed. It's not 100 percent done, but we're down to the piddly stuff.

He's going to a good team, but also to a team where they do things differently. It may take him some time to adjust.

He didn't have a perfect car in the race today. He drove like a true veteran.

Overall, I'm very happy with his performance, as is the whole team. His initial test couldn't have gone any better.

Marco probably could hold his own in the big car on this road course. We want him to get some more experience on the ovals before he moves up (to the Indy Racing League).

Marco is his own driver. He's got a lot more patience than I did at that age. That patience will help make him special in the future. It could add up to a lot of championships.

There are a lot of things that could have gone into it, so to speculate would be wrong.

You can't believe how excited I am. Getting to watch Marco and then competing with him at Indy . . . these are opportunities I didn't think I'd have.

And when we go from braking to accelerating to cornering, the G-forces we pull are really demanding on our bodies. We definitely have to be in top shape.

I've led so many laps before, but it took me six years to understand that it's the last one that counts.

As a driver, he has developed much quicker than I think anybody expected, and that is what really made this possible.

It's just an incredible year, a dream season for us. Hopefully we'll never wake up from this dream.

It's the best thing that's happened to this series in a long, long time. She's a great-looking girl, and she's good at what she does. ... Whatever attention it brings to the series is good for us.

It's given everybody a new motivation to prove that it wasn't just the Honda engine. Now that everybody is on equal footing, I know everybody on this team wants to go out there and prove that we can do what we did the last two years.

Dan drove like a champion, again, as he has all year long.

It was always weird racing against my father. He was a living legend. It's going to be weird for Marco. And weird, again, for me, too. But it will be a different weird from before.

I'm proud of them, proud of the whole team. Dan, I'm really proud of. He had some problems at the smaller ovals last year. He's really delivering. I'm very proud of Tony, also. Don't count them out for a race.

I'm proud of them, proud of the whole team, ... Dan, I'm really proud of. He had some problems at the smaller ovals last year. He's really delivering. I'm very proud of Tony, also. Don't count them out for a race.

I know it was important for Dario to win here.

I just felt so bad for him his year has been that way. He's had such strong cars in every race. I think he's probably had the strongest car over the year, but he's had the worst luck over the year. I just felt so bad when I saw that thing stall. I couldn't believe it.

I just felt so bad for him ù his year has been that way. He's had such strong cars in every race. I think he's probably had the strongest car over the year, but he's had the worst luck over the year. I just felt so bad when I saw that thing stall. I couldn't believe it.

If CART continues on, it's just going to drag all of open-wheel racing down.

Believe me, you lose more than a gallon of fluids during a race. You could lose between six and 10 pounds during a race, depending on hot it is.

One thing I would like to see is a stronger ladder series for up-and-coming American drivers.

CART is one of the safest racing series in the world.

When you're in the back of the pack, you can gamble a little bit more.

Running on different types of racetracks is challenging - not only for the drivers, but even more for the team members who have to make adjustments to the cars before each race.