Years ago the late, great Italian racing driver Tazio Nuvolari, the survivor of a dozen hair-raising wrecks, was asked why he chose such a dangerous career. "How do you want to die?" asked Nuvolari. "Peacefully in bed," was the reply. "Then how do you find the courage to turn off the lights each night?" he mused.
--Brock Yates, The Wall Street Journal, 2/21/2001