America allows us to be able to dream, then gives us the ability to achieve those dreams.

- Rick Mears

To finish first, you must first finish.

- Rick Mears

You've got to learn a pace that's fast enough to win, but slow enough to finish.

- Rick Mears

The American Dream is about freedom.

- Rick Mears

For me, the American Dream was to go racing; for others, it's to pursue whatever their goals may be.

- Rick Mears