I don’t like to get beat in anything!

You’re still going to see accidents, you always will. Especially towards the closing laps of a race.

Ever since I’ve been racing, I’ve always been the young guy.

No matter what happens, I’ll always say that I’ve had a wonderful life.

You know, sometimes guys work with other guys because they’re buddies off the track, not necessarily because they’re buddies on the track. Sometimes you’ve got that going against you or for you.

I’ve been racing a long time, and I realize you go through good streaks and bad streaks.

When you’ve got the Daytona 500 out there at stake and everything riding on the line, guys go for it, and the guys that go for it are the ones that are either going to win or they’re going to wreck.

As fast as we’re going these days, especially because of the aerodynamics, we’re all concerned about abusing tires. It’s so fast that you’re afraid of what you’re going to do to the tires.

Racing is not what I like to do; it’s winning.

Because the sport has changed, competition is not only stronger but it’s deeper throughout the field than it’s ever been. It’s harder to win.