For as much as I tend to run my mouth sometimes, I would have definitely stacked up better in the 1970s or the 1980s when there wasn't as much media or there wasn't as much publicity and sponsorship around the sport that you had to be PC for.

You've got to be able to take the highs and the lows, and certainly I am not very good at taking the lows. I'll be the first to admit it. But when the highs come your way you've got to treasure them because you never know how many more you'll get.

You can be as good as you can be behind the wheel physically, but you've also got to be there mentally.

We put fate in other people's hands there at Talladega. You have 42 other racers and sometimes it doesn't work out for you.

I remember most all of my devoted fans, the ones who have been fans for a long time.

I would say I'm too guilty of dwelling on things too long.

I want to be known as trying to be one of the best of the best - whether I get there or not, it's up to opinion.

On a par 5, I can shoot a six. And on a par 3, I can shoot a six, too!

I guess people don't like me for getting as upset as I am sometimes when I lose, but that's me.

I like running my Super Late Models here and there and there are times when you go to those events and they are for $2,000 or $3,000 to win. There's no money involved in that; you're basically spending your money to go racing in those things but it's so enjoyable. For me, it's kind of like a golf game.

You know, I am who I am.

Certainly, different people show their emotions in different ways. Unfortunately for me, mine has never been very gracious and I don't know that it ever will be.

You know, I wish I had more time in the week.

Even though Richmond is a three-quarter mile, it's a fast short track... So it gives you - maybe you could call it a false of security a little bit, but it seems to be working for me.

Obviously, you have to have some luck on your side to be successful.

There's no better benefit than being out on the racetrack, learning what's going on with the track and the tire and all that stuff. To me, that's a big influence.

My dream car is a Saleen S7. It's made by Saleen in California; it's basically America's Ferrari.

I don't know why my success has been greater in XFINITY cars than it has been in Cup cars. It's the exact opposite for Jimmie Johnson.

I hate that you get beat up so much about an accomplishment, but I guess that's part of life. Haters gonna hate.

I don't necessarily ever put a number on how many we can win in a season.

I like good Mexican food, and there's not a lot of that around North Carolina.

I think my reputation is pretty fair among the drivers. The drivers know what they get when they see me or talk to me - if they get the chance to talk to me, because some of them I just don't talk to because I don't like them, so they should know.

I'm a big Eminem fan, so I like listening to him. My wife doesn't, though.

My first paycheck came from HobbyTown USA in Las Vegas. They had like planes and trains and RC cars, things like that.

My favorite was Jeff Gordon. I just followed him growing up because I started watching racing when he came on the scene.

For me, I love football.

I don't watch much golf.

Having a cellphone in your pocket, you can get anything you want anytime you want it. Right then and there, boom, you have it.

Once you're a NASCAR champion, you're kind of in another elite division instead of just being a competitor or a race winner.

I try to eat healthy a little bit.

I had a great teacher in my brother and my dad, and to be able to follow Kurt's footsteps has helped out a whole bunch.

I'll tell you what, this is a humbling sport.

For me I'm a NASCAR driver, and I want to be able to win NASCAR championships.

Sometimes people forget just how closely MWR and JGR work together.

Yeah, I mean, you always work hard, and certainly there's opportunities to do some bold moves, and sometimes they pay off for you and sometimes they don't.

Anytime you come to a short track you want to see a great race.

It feels awesome to outrun anybody, but to outrun your older brother always feels good.

When you're able to dominate and just kick everyone's butt and just wipe them out, I think that's when you feel the greatest, when you put it all together.

Anyone who knows anything about me should know by now I am certainly not exactly a good politician. I am also willing to admit to you now that I never went to any classes that had anything to do political science.

Do I feel as though I could be one of the greatest of all time, like if it's top five that you're talking about? I would say yes. But never the No. 1.

There's definitely guys out there that you don't like, and they'll try to crash you anytime they can't get around you.

I'll pretty much eat anything. Tacos, chicken, vegetables, whatever, I will eat it.

Our dad is not one to impart advice or gloat or reminisce about the good old days. But he's a race car guy, been a car guy forever, and he always wants to talk about cars.

I'm not in people's minds. If you're mad at me, you'll have to tell me.

There's always going to be a last-place guy.

I have taken restarts and have come to the conclusion myself that I can't give NASCAR that opportunity to penalize me.

I'm a guy that loves to win. There's nothing else to me but the feeling of winning.

Sometimes people aren't happy with the way life treats them. That's their problem.

The more bodies you have out there, the more affiliations - ultimately the stronger your race team is going to be.

I've been to Foxboro, I've been to Gillette Stadium and I've spent some time with the players as well as some of the fans out there.