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Cultures and races are mixing in a very organic way in the world, and that should be reflected in film and television.

I admit that the eyes of the intellectually and culturally lively tend to glaze over at the mere mention of sociology, often with ample justification.

I don't think you can bring the races together by joking about the differences between them. I'd rather talk about the similarities, about what's universal in their experiences.

When I'm starting a race, I just completely narrow down my vision and focus on what's directly ahead of me.

The Olympics are a world apart from racing for a record. You put out of your mind pretty much what anyone else doing in the race.

A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they're capable of understanding.

Race, to me, is a very blurry thing.

Races always are good to show where you are reaching in your training as well as to keep you sharpened. Every race, in my program, I put it in a special way like a ladder, climbing up slowly and slowly to the next one. I see where my training is, and that is like a test.

It makes sense that whatever the topic is, it's more compelling if you can provide the audience with a range of perspectives, and you can cross disciplines. And you don't have to control what people take out of it.

Even though people involved in racing think that it has a big sporting stage, it is a minority sport compared to some of the other high-profile events: football, Formula One or golf.