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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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!

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

The jungle is alive. It’s dangerous as a living nightmare and brimful of hostility.

His mind has the clearness of the deep sea, the patience of its rocks, the force of its billows.

Leaders know that the fruit of life is out on a limb.

You alone are enough.

If horse racing is the sport of kings, then drag racing must be the sport of queens.

Fathering is the most masculine thing a man can do.

Self-esteem is not based on itself.

The power to affect your future lies within your own hands.

Adults in a free country should be able to smoke a joint if they want to.

And at 19, you think you rule the world, and you can control things. And a lot of times, you don't.