Jeff [Gordon] doesn't sit down and explain things. We don't sit and have meetings where I'm the student. He really teaches by example. I've learned a lot on and off the racetrack.

I own motorized bar stools.

Very few athletes have the chance to be brought into the White House.

If the roles were reversed, I would be saying the same thing. As a competitor, you're tired of the same guy winning. I guess I understand where they're coming from and what they're saying ... I don't necessarily agree with it. I think it would be great for someone to win five straight.

I’d love to have an opportunity to tie the greats in Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt Sr.

There's just a pit that develops in your stomach and doesn't go away. It's the championship pit and it's there.

NASCAR does a good job of trying to keep things equal with new rules. We're not allowed to have computers in our cars to tell the crew what's going on. So the only thing you have is the driver, and the driver-crew chief relationship. That's the most important thing.