"Winning is everything. The only ones who remember you when you come second are your wife and your dog."
"I had a lot of time to think, and that is not good for your mind. And when it actually happened, it was not so much a celebration but the relief. It was an exorcism anxiety. After each race there is a procedure in which you get taken off to the podium and the TV interviews."
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Source: Judge Damon J. Keith – Part 2. The Tavis Smiley Show, www.pbs.org. March 30, 2015.
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