To be a driver that can cross off one of those marquee events as a winner, that cements your legacy in motorsports, to be able to win the Daytona 500 is the ultimate dream of a race car driver.
Tony StewartI'm going to live my life. It's nobody else's decision, but mine. I think there are a lot worse things I could be doing with my life than what I choose to do.
Tony StewartWhen I go home, its an easy way to be grounded. You learn to realize what truly matters.
Tony StewartWe all get so caught up in the moment of what we're doing every day, it's hard to hit that reset button and get pulled away from all that and see life from a different perspective.
Tony StewartI've had times where I walked up to the line, where I know the play, but don't know what to do.
Tony StewartI am a racer. I'm not a race car driver. I am a racer. I race. That's what I do. I don't go on vacations. I don't take my family on vacations because I don't have a family. My family is the racing family.
Tony StewartI've risen from the dead. Though sometimes, when I wake up in the morning, I feel like I've died. I swear I'm aging in dog years. But no, I'm not dead. It's funny how stuff like that gets started.
Tony StewartI don't care how good you are, you have to have that feeling in your gut that you want to win every week when you go out there.
Tony StewartIf I have a love-hate relationship with Martinsville, then we're missing the love part of the equation.
Tony StewartFor the drivers, a weekend off would be nice, but for the fans, it would not be a very good deal.
Tony StewartDaytona is a restrictor-plate race and, unlike Daytona, guys can't get in a line at Phoenix and go to the front. Daytona and Talladega (Ala.) have always just been two different forms of racing. With the draft being so important at those two tracks, it's more of a team deal than an individual deal. What happens at Phoenix and the races after that has to be done on your own. You can't help each other at Phoenix. You just have to go race.
Tony StewartI think when you look at our team, you have to say that the weak point is probably still the driver.
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