How do you say no when a little kid is asking you for ice cream? I know I can't say no to it myself.

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

I've always looked for my affirmation through my peers, the people I race against, and within my team.

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

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.

I've met a handful of presidents, from Jimmy Carter to Bill Clinton to George Bush to Barack Obama.

It's real easy to sit on your couch and point fingers and say, 'So-and-so did something wrong...'. But until you are out there in these cars at these speeds and seeing all the near-misses and what is really going on, it is not worth forming an opinion.