John Madden, I always thought, was awesome.

I wish I'd a got married sooner. I wish I'd a had kids sooner. I wish I'd a figured all that out sooner.

I wish Michael Schumacher would come try NASCAR. That'd be cool.

Everything we do needs to be geared toward making the sport more accessible to the fans - the rules of the sport, how the race plays itself out, how people qualify into the races - everything needs to be as easy to understand as possible.

I think some people who have never met me have a misconception that when I was living with my father when he was successful, that I was somehow adversely affected by his success or the money he had and was making at the time.

I've always felt like a lot of people's misconceptions of me have to do with how I grew up. I grew up poor, and I grew up rich.

I use my notes app on my iPhone religiously, and I have one note just for movies. Every time I see a movie I think I'm going to want to watch, I'll put it in there.

'Castaway' is my favorite movie, and any time I read about a castaway or a story like that, it just interests me a lot.

I used to have stomach ulcers and stuff when I was in the 10th grade. I'd be doubled over on the floor, I was hurting so bad. I was on Tagamet before it was over the counter.

I always liked 'The Last American Hero,' the one about Junior Johnson with Jeff Bridges in it.

The Dodge Charger in the late '70s at Daytona, that looked like an awesome car.

I would have loved to race from 1970 to 1980.

I would give up barbecuing for a championship.

When I run a race, I, maybe inadvertently or unknowingly, concern myself with whether the fan was entertained or got what he expected or whether they got what I think they deserved out of me and out of the race.

I love running good because it meets expectations, whether it's the fans' or my own. And I know that they come to be entertained: they pull for a particular driver to be entertained by that driver's success and that driver's personality, and they relate to that individual.

I definitely find myself, as I get older, a lot more aware and concerned with the health of the sport.

I always think about my dad. He's always in the back of my mind. That helps me make good decisions. It has an influence on my life in every decision and everything I do.

I've been with some great teams and had good wins and great success at certain periods of time in my career.

When I was a kid, one thing I counted on was rushing home from church to catch the start of the race. There's something really awesome about that routine.

I want to continue to be a part of the sport, and not just as an owner in the Nascar Xfinity Series. I want to be a valuable asset to the growth of the sport and continue to help raise the bar and raise the awareness of the sport and promote the sport as much as I can.

All these tracks you have memories at, all of them, Daytona included.

That's something that is important to me, that people know me and understand me.

For the longest time, I was just real nervous about privacy and people prying into my personal business.

I am proud of the Earnhardt name, but it don't stand alone. You know, it's part of the sport, with all those other historic people that have been a part of it, and you don't want people to forget the part you had in it and what you did and the contributions you made and the sacrifices you made.