We want to run at the front, we want to be competitive and, in order to be competitive, we have to have a sensible power unit.

You can go from having all your stuff together and really feeling good about yourself to really figuring you can't run a lick.

There are a lot of lessons that you learn, and you have to learn them quickly if you want to be competitive at this top level.

Having a cellphone in your pocket, you can get anything you want anytime you want it. Right then and there, boom, you have it.

I just feel so confident when I get in my race car that I'm going to do good, I'm going to win, I'm going to outrun everybody.

I liked unique setups. Like when we started coil-binding springs or running soft springs, those things really felt good to me.

If you're going to hope for a change, you'd better start to pray for a change. If you're just hoping, you ain't going anywhere.

I'll watch a bit of Formula One, and motorcycle racing. I've always had an interest in all motorsports, and I still ride bikes.

I've always felt like a lot of people's misconceptions of me have to do with how I grew up. I grew up poor, and I grew up rich.

I think we have gotten through those brain dead moments on both our parts. Now we just love to race one another hard and clean.

When I do retire, I know for a fact that I'll never be able to replace the incredible feeling I get when I'm driving an F1 car.

Now that I've reached 50, it has become important for me to sleep and wake up at my own pace. Otherwise, I'm completely zapped.

As I've gotten older, I know I race less, but I as an owner I have the same anxiety and the same frustration and energy for it.

If I can win a Cup race, that would pretty much show my whole career that I've been able to win in everything I've gotten into.

I don't care how good you are, you have to have that feeling in your gut that you want to win every week when you go out there.

The roll out of a new car is always filled with great anticipation; it's almost like going back to school for a new school year.

As far as I'm concerned, I enjoy what I do, I enjoy the competition, working with a group of people to get the best out of them.

I've been able to make a lot of money and live a lifestyle that I never dreamed of. And I've been able to provide for my family.

When I first came out of Argentina to Europe, the flight took 36 hours. Now it takes 12 hours, and the world is still shrinking.

I love Daytona and Talladega. I'd like to think maybe I could quit one day running all the races and just run a few that I like.

Times change, things move. F1 used to have customer cars years ago. You could buy a car from March or from Ferrari and go racing.

I was 25 when I stopped racing, I loved the teamwork and I wanted to apply what I knew about it into building and running a team.

The experienced fighting pilot does not take unnecessary risks. His business is to shoot down enemy planes, not to get shot down.

I always think I should try to get to bed early, but then I can't stop myself from watching telly and fiddling around on the net.

You've got to be closer to the edge than ever to win. That means sometimes you go over the edge, and I don't mean driving, either.

I'm far from perfect but I have managed to earn a good deal of respect by trying to implement the kinds of things you learn about.

The drivability of an engine is a big part of the setup on a road course. If you can't squeeze the gas down you can't go anywhere.

Faith is huge and I am a proud Christian. I think it would be difficult to have a career like the one we have without having faith.

But I'm good to go through my contract with Childress, and my determination is to win races and try to win that other championship.

There's some sorta big bar-be-que goin' on here in turn three. There's smoke all over the track! Some fan's got a big one goin' on.

It is just awesome, there’s no other way to describe it. To be the first to win in a Gen-6 car … I’m just very proud of the moment.

Let the moment come when nothing is left but life, and you will find that you do not hesitate over the fate of material possessions.

I've been to Foxboro, I've been to Gillette Stadium and I've spent some time with the players as well as some of the fans out there.

We're far from having too much horsepower...my definition of too much horsepower is when all four wheels are spinning in every gear.

For me to win at New Hampshire, first of all, is more than a stretch and more than a dream. This is probably one of my worst places.

Many people can reach for and achieve excellence. To do this consistently is what separates masters and geniuses from everyone else.

We're having a good time. That's what I did last year. If you can't have a good time, you might as well stay home. I feel real good.

At the end of the day, it's up to me to get the job done but it's always nice to have someone to help you get through the tough week.

Experience has taught me that you have to improve all the time-little bit by little bit-and not keeping starting everything from new.

Driving will never be away from me - I can't just give it up. It's all I've ever done, and there's something about being in that car.

Ever since I've jumped in a Legends or Dwarf car, I've always tried to win. I've been able to win in every race car I've ever driven.

Nobody had ever lost 462 races and then just won. But Dale Earnhardt Sr. had told me I had the ability, and that day, I knew I would.

You cannot see faith, but you can see the footprints of the faithful. We must leave behind "faithful footprints" for others to follow.

The Daytona 500 is a career-winning race. It defines careers for drivers, crew members, crew chiefs and race teams. It has that power.

I don't know why my success has been greater in XFINITY cars than it has been in Cup cars. It's the exact opposite for Jimmie Johnson.

You will rarely get introduced as the two-time Pocono champion. You will certainly be introduced as the two-time Daytona 500 champion.

I'm more convinced each day of the complete unreality of the material world and the supreme vitality of the invisible world of spirit.

For some reason, no matter what happens in my life, I always seem to have a piece of my heart that says everything is going to be okay.

I don't ever want to let people down, so a lot of my energy goes to making people laugh and letting them know how much I care for them.

I think I could make a 1,000 mile race. But I would definitely have to take pre-race precautions to make sure I could make it that far.

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