Indy 500 Quotes:

I watched the Indy 500, and I was thinking that if they left earlier they wouldn't have to go so fast.

- Steven Wright

topic: Motivational Sports, Thinking, Indy 500

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

- Scott Dixon

topic: Winning, Want, Championship, Indy 500

Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.

- Bobby Unser

topic: Success, Sports, Opportunity, Opportunity For Success, Popular Sports

Charging a man with murder in this place was like handing out speeding tickets at the Indy 500.

- John Milius

source: "Fictional character: Willard". "Apocalypse Now", www.imdb.com. 1979.

topic: Men, Tickets, Murder, Speeding Tickets, Speeding

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.

- Guy Fieri

topic: Race, Car, Doubt, Indy 500

At the after-party of the Indy 500, I'm usually wearing jeans and a tank top.

- Danica Patrick

topic: Party, Jeans, Tanks, Indy 500, After Party

So many people have that story as to how they could have maybe won the Indy 500, which is for me the ultimate goal. I would imagine for a lot of people it's the ultimate goal. It's definitely high up on the list.

- Danica Patrick

topic: People, Goal, Stories, Indy 500, Ultimate Goal

Indy car racing is much more aggressive.

- Emerson Fittipaldi

source: Interview with Paul Schienberg, psychedonline.com. August 2, 2002.

topic: Car, Racing, Aggressive, Indy 500

But the broader lesson of the first Industrial Revolution is more like the Indy 500 than John Henry: economic progress comes from constant innovation in which people race with machines. Human and machine collaborate together in a race to produce more, to capture markets, and to beat other teams of humans and machines.

- Erik Brynjolfsson

source: Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee (2012). “Race Against the Machine: How the Digital Revolution is Accelerating Innovation, Driving Productivity, and Irreversibly Transforming Employment and the Economy”, p.59, Brynjolfsson and McAfee

topic: Team, Race, People, Economic Progress, Indy 500

My first Indy 500 was one of my high points. I ended up qualifying fourth and I finished fourth. I had a win in Japan a few years later, and then qualifying for Daytona was great as well.

- Danica Patrick

source: Source: www.askmen.com

topic: Winning, Japan, Years, Daytona, Qualifying