No matter how good you are, how brave you are or anything, it comes down to that car so many times. Not every time, but so many times.

I take none of that to heart. I don't feel like there's anything that I need to do for anybody else. I want to win bad enough for myself anyway, that nothing anybody can say can make me want to win any more.

To be honest, once you've driven around for about five, 10 laps, you don't notice a difference.

Take those chances and you can achieve greatness, whereas if you go conservative, you'll never know.

I'm a big believer in everybody being themselves. If not doing a swimsuit calendar is yourself, that's great. But if doing a swimsuit calendar is yourself, then you should be able to do it. What I do outside the car adds to who I am and expresses a different side of me.

People have opinions about everything and especially when you get into that world of animal rights or tree rights or whatever rights, they all have an opinion.

Every time I get into a Nationwide car after being in a Cup car, I feel so much more comfortable than I did previously.