It wasn't as good a throw as the one I did at Shea Stadium; it was a little high, ... This was more of an English cricket throw than a pitch. I was throwing it a little high on purpose to show them I had a different pitch than the one I did at Shea Stadium. It just dropped about 10 feet too late. |
It's a challenge. Everybody believes that. Physically and mentally, it's tough. It awards you, though. |
It's a very, very sad day. |
It's difficult in this series, ... To have won six is a very proud moment for me. To win six races is something I'll look back on and think that was a strong season. |
It's difficult to race under such circumstances. It's a job and it can be pretty vicious at times. But there can be a lot of highs as well. |
It's just practice, it doesn't matter, ... You can feel brilliant, but if you don't perform tomorrow and Sunday, you're going to be nowhere. |
It's large coming back here to drive as a champion although I was at the Speedway as a spectator for the Formula One race [in June]. This is the best track in the world, bar none and, as the season is winding down, there's not much chance to get into the car so I like that, |
It's still mathematically possible for a lot of people to beat me. If you can win a championship and win a lot of races on the way, that would be pretty special. I would love to get six wins. |
It's very difficult to race under these circumstances. |
Last year, and I'm praising Honda here at the expense of Andretti Green Racing, we perhaps didn't work as hard on the car as we perhaps needed to, because we had the traction control. Now, everybody's got the same, so you've got to make sure your car is very good. |
Let's hope this is just the start of a lot of good things for this team. |
My car over the long runs handles pretty good. It's just that for the one lap [qualifying], I wasn't able to get the time out of it. I make no excuses. I just didn't get a good lap out of it. |
My goal coming into this season was to win the Indy 500. When I achieved that, I had to adjust my mindset, and the goals I had for myself. Obviously, winning the championship was the next goal. |
My primary goal coming into the season was to win the Indianapolis 500, |
My three teammates have really helped me, and I thank them for that. It's an unbelievable feeling to have this after winning the Indy 500 because that means so much to me. You think you're asking for too much for a championship. It's taken all the energy out of me. |