I have always tried to drive a car that was better than me, and race against people who were better than me. If you are surrounded by people who are as good as you, or not as good, how are you going to learn?

It's funny how the whole team gets quiet when you're about to win a Daytona 500.

You need to be sharp the whole race, and eventually you start getting mentally tired and make little mistakes over and over.

I believe 0% is luck. I think you create your own luck, so I don't believe in luck.

Obviously, the opinions that are most accurate are the ones that are closest to you - your crew, your friends, your family. Those people know who you are, and that's accurate.

When I was three years old, I had race-car wallpaper, a race-car bed, race-car toys. That was all I wanted. And nothing has changed. Except I don't have a race-car bed anymore.?

If you don't really know someone, everyone forms an opinion. That's part of life.