Hendrick definitely realises that we're young and trying to learn - and wrecking cars is part of how you learn. Jeff Gordon went through 20 something clips in his first season, but Rick Hendrick realised he had to take a chance on Jeff Gordon. They wrecked a lot of cars, but Jeff Gordon has given him four championships.

I love Lowe's Motor Speedway, that's in Charlotte - that's my favorite track. I love going there. It's fun.

I love winning, and I hate losing.

When I was coming up through the ranks, I won a lot - and probably won too much.

I'd take winning the championship over winning a Chase race any day of the week.

Don't matter what I do, what I say, how much I try to change. You don't change perception.

I just try to go out there and be who I am and compete and bring home as many trophies as I can. That's what being a race car driver is all about and that's why I do what I do.

I go out there to do my best week in and week out to win races.

I hear a lot of people who say they enjoy watching the road course races over the ovals.

Some people tell you, 'I'm your good luck charm - I've been to eight races in my life and you've won six of them' or something like that. So it's kind of like, 'Well, you need to come to more then!' Other times, fans just want to talk about previous times they've met you.

I'll never self-proclaim myself as the greatest of all time.

I have a truck team for a reason.

Anyone who's good on any week, makes you want to go out there and beat 'em.

Of course you always wish your stats were a little bit better.

A good driver can make up for bad equipment way more than a good car could make up for a bad driver.

My dad certainly has an eye for talent and he did something right getting his sons to the top of NASCAR.

My goal has always been to be known as a racer who is diverse, someone who can go to any venue and any racetrack anywhere and compete for a win.

It's fun to be the guy that can be so polarising and have that effect on so many different people.

Ever since I've jumped in a Legends or Dwarf car, I've always tried to win. I've been able to win in every race car I've ever driven.

Those people that are close to me understand me and know me and know who I am outside the race track as a person and a friend, and that's why I'm able to continue to have the relationships and the sponsorships that I do.

We have fans who bake cookies for the team or they make cupcakes or muffins and stuff like that. And then they always ask us if we enjoyed it and how it tasted. I'm like, 'That was so long ago. I don't even remember what I had for breakfast this morning!'

I'm a huge sports fan, but I am also a huge supporter of the United States of America and our militaries and everything that we've got for us.

There can be an easy way to interpret things some times and it seems like maybe I'm on the wrong side of those interpretations a lot of those times.

I mean, when I was growing up, my family was always into racing. So, we'd always have the TV on on Sundays watching the Cup races or whatever, and ultimately I kinda thought about wanting to become a race car driver. I thought it would be cool to get paid to do what you love to do most.