Eddie Cheever has clearly grown tired of the inevitable comparisons to history's great drivers.

"I have clearly grown tired", offered Eddie in a recent interview, "of the inevitable comparisons to history's great drivers. It was bad enough when it was just the Michael Andretti thing. That was understandable enough in the beginning, anyway, but by the time I got my first Indy win* it was clear that that sort of thing had to stop. Just how many Indy wins does little Mikey have? Enough with the whining, and enough with the 'forty CART wins' smokescreen. In CART, all that matters is the equipment, and that hack always had the best while I was stuck with that loser Ganassi. That's what makes Indy Racing so beautiful. That kind of thing just doesn't happen here."

"As if that wasn't bad enough, the public started in with that whole Montoya jag. How many Indy wins does Juan Pablo have? How many seasons has Juan Pablo spent in F1? Thought so. Don't get me wrong, the kid could turn out to be some sort of freaky unnatural superhuman talent, but don't forget that his Indy win came only with the help of the team that kicked CART's ass for four years running. Buddy Lazier actually finished the race a lap and a half before Montoya, but Juan Pablo made all of his pit stops during practice so he'd have them out of the way. I'll say this, the best TEAM won that day."

"Mario? One Indy win, same as me. Senna? No Indy wins. I'm telling you, I just wish people would stop comparing me to these guys, nitpicking every stat and idiosyncracy. I'm not those guys, I'll never be those guys, I can't be those guys. I can only be me, right here, doing what I'm doing right now. That's it."