Dale Earnhardt Quotes

The winner ain't the one with the fastest car. It's the one who refuses to lose.

Two of my favorite things are my steering wheel and my Remington rifle.

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.

When he was young, I told Dale Jr. that hunting and racing are a lot alike. Holding that steering wheel and holding that rifle both mean you better be responsible.

You can't let one bad moment spoil a bunch of good ones.

The only way to be productive is to be positive.

If my wheel comes off and I hit the fence real hard, I get to whack every damn one of you with a hammer.

You win some, lose some, and wreck some.

Second place is just the first place loser.

I'm just trying not to get run over. That's number one. Number two is you gotta catch the guy in front of ya.

I've already done enough to have earned 'good driver,' so if I can be known as a great person and a good driver, that's better than only being a great driver.

That's life. You've got to deal with it, good and bad. We'll be all right. I mean, if we make the chase, we make it. If we don't, we don't.

Finishing races is important, but racing is more important.

Tried on daddy's 1979 rookie firesuit a while back. Smelled every bit of 36 years old.

It's a never ending battle of making your cars better and also trying to be better yourself.

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.

I enjoy Saturday night racing.

You would not believe how loose this car is for two laps after the green. Then, just like that, it's back to how it was before. But, those first few laps, damn, it's loose! JUNIOR NO LIKEY!

My father could look straight ahead but concentrate on something on the very edge of his vision, almost nearly behind him.

The whole cap came off.. must've been a recap.

I woke up this morning, and I still don't believe I won the Daytona 500.

I felt like the track came to us, but then it went beyond us.

That strategy of racing for the top five and racing for the win is where everybody wants to be.

I always have fun. I don't really go without fun too long.

I don't think I can adequately express my feelings about the car on national radio, but hopefully we'll get better and I'll be happier later on.

It's just really hard to work and get better, building and planning for the future with the new Monte Carlo and keeping the race team intact and keeping them healthy.

I want to be up front racing.

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.

I don't want to argue with my wife about her car - or my driving.

I've had confidence in myself all along. It was just a matter of getting the pieces back in place.

Growing up, I've enjoyed hunting with my father.

I started 20 years without missing a race and ESPN started broadcasting on the air waves.

The atmosphere seems to change once the sun goes down and the race fans get to watch a good show.

In what other sport do you get a 15-second break every hour?

As a GM Goodwrench Service Plus dealer, I understand how good service makes a difference to our customers.

Maybe now that we have the same sponsor in Remington we can spend some time together outdoors.

The thing about it is, all those races we lost, we won this race together. We won it as a team.

I don't like going on stage. Stages mean "nervous" for me.

Richard Childress and myself have made some important innovations on our cars.

Getting up in front and talking to the people who build my cars is the worst. I get so damn nervous.

Being a broadcaster, man, you just sort of paint from a blank canvas, in a way.

You win some, you lose some, you wreck some.