182 Quotes by Tony Stewart

It's nice that they don't have to talk about my behavior anymore, ... That's the biggest honor you can have, for the guys you race with to give you that kind of compliment.

It's such a chess match. You can be leading the race one second, and you can be fifth the next second. I think it's just a matter of timing and getting yourself in the right place at the right time.

Everybody knows who had the best car here today, ... There wasn't anybody who was going to beat us. Jeff Gordon got the trophy, but he wasn't going to beat us. We had the best car. All you have to do is get the lap times. They could run with us for 15 or 18 laps, but we always drove away. That's the positive thing that we ought to take away from today.

Talk to your driver, Chad, ... He knocked me all over the track.

It's disheartening a little bit to know you can't make the difference, but it definitely teaches you a team atmosphere. It teaches you what football teams and basketball and baseball teams know -- that you're one of many components that make a team.

It was a good lap. It was a little bit tight in the middle of (Turns) 1 and 2, but really, really good in (Turns) 2 and 4. So I'm pretty happy with it.

I've just been a regular media darling this week, ... I know you've got a job to do. I promise to do a better job dealing with you guys next year.

It was a good race, ... That's awesome short track racing right there. They (the fans) got their money's worth today. That's the way the race to the Chase should start, just like that. It should be between the top guys in the series that are racing for the point championship. Ryan did an awesome job and we just couldn't hold him off there at the end.

It was a big enough deal where I felt like I had to say something. The lowest guy in points in this series, if he doesn't like something, he should feel like he's responsible to go in there and tell them about it, too. Your feelings aren't ranked by points standings and your common sense shouldn't be dictated by that.