I've always said your legacy is what you leave behind you.

NASCAR logic isn't always logical.

I've always said your legacy is what you leave behind you.

Our sport is in a changing of the guard right now. It happens every 10 or 15 years, and Brad is the leader of that change at the moment. Sometimes his words and outspokenness offend some folks, but he doesn’t back down from his comments. He doesn’t back down in his driving either, and when competitors see him coming in the rearview mirror, they have to be wondering what he’ll do and what he’s thinking. I think fans love that and gravitate to drivers like Brad.

There's no bigger surprise than to be tooling along at 200 MPH and suddenly get hit from the rear

If you don't cheat, you look like an idiot; if you cheat and don't get caught, you look like a hero; if you cheat and get caught, you look like a dope. Put me where I belong.

If the lion didn't bite the tamer every once in a while, it wouldn't be exciting.