I am a racer. I'm not a race car driver. I am a racer. I race. That's what I do. I don't go on vacations. I don't take my family on vacations because I don't have a family. My family is the racing family. Tony Stewart More Quotes by Tony Stewart More Quotes From Tony Stewart If not, you can take everything I own, because Im that confident, its not a matter of if, its when. Tony Stewart lifestyle The schedule we put together for the 2015 All Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Car Series is filled with great venues on a timeline that works well for our participants, our first five events in Florida went off extremely well and we look forward to carrying that momentum into Ohio with our first point-paying race at Atomic Speedway. Tony Stewart sports I'm coming off of a bad year and a half, so definitely excited to get it all behind us and move forward. Tony Stewart sports I've been racing 37 years, and every year hasn't always been smooth, there's always seasons that there's been bumps in the road, and you just look forward to winning your next race and trying to win your next championship. Tony Stewart sports Not until the day that I don't run here anymore, everybody has got a shot here. We've been in that position before. That at least gives you confidence that you've got a shot. Tony Stewart sports I had the option. I could have done something, but if I did that, I took a risk of wrecking the entire field to win the race, i chose to not wreck everybody, and I don't remember where we ended up, but we were leading until we got to the middle of the backstretch on the last lap. Tony Stewart sports I go into it with the attitude that I'm not going to look at my leg, and as soon as they get the wrapping off of it, I'm like, 'I've got to look.' It's like yelling at a dog going, 'Squirrel!' I cannot not look. And then I spend the rest of the time sitting there with a wet washcloth on my forehead trying to regain consciousness. Tony Stewart look dog time attitude I guess I take a lot of pride in that no matter what type of car we drive, we're always competitive in it. That's something I've taken a lot of pride in my whole life. Tony Stewart drive car matter life Things happen every day. You can't spend your whole life trying to guard against something happening. If you do that, in my opinion, you've wasted your life. Tony Stewart day you things-happen life Get in the race car do what I do then go home. We don't have freedom to do anything anymore. Tony Stewart go car freedom home When you're doing something every week, it's kind of routine. Tony Stewart something doing you week For most part, the rule of thumb is pretty much you're going to race guys hard the last quarter of the race and for sure the last run of the day. You're still going to give and take until that last pit stop. Tony Stewart stop day you race There are guys you give the benefit of the doubt if they hold you up a little bit longer than normal, and you have that list of guys you kind of know are going to be a problem when you get there. The window of being patient with them is a lot shorter. Tony Stewart know you problem window If a guy does us wrong the week before, and he does something the next week where he makes an effort to make it right, then I pretty much will let that go. You don't forget about it, but just seeing that the guy makes an effort the next week means a lot. Tony Stewart will you effort forget I'm not going to just stop doing it because I got hurt once. People get hurt in car wrecks every day, and they don't stop driving the car the rest of their life to work. It's my passion. It's what I want to do with my life. It's a part of what I do. Tony Stewart day car work life I have to relearn how to walk again. It's not that you have to reteach yourself. But your mind and your foot have to get back on the same page, and remind yourself that it's OK to do this. You've done this before. It's reminding it what it's supposed to do again. Tony Stewart walk yourself you mind All my life I've been that way - ever since I was a kid. It doesn't matter whether we played video games or even before that when we had board games when you played with your sister and mom and dad - I didn't like losing then and didn't want to do anything but win when we played. Tony Stewart my-life you dad life I guess if you're not going to win the championship, you're better off taking the opportunity to win a Brickyard or a Daytona 500 than you are to make the Chase and then fizzle out. Tony Stewart better win you opportunity You get around people who see us away from the track, and it's a pretty big contrast. You're still competitive, and you still want to win everything, but I think in the car, we're focused and passionate all the time. We get outside the car, and we're a lot more relaxed and easygoing, enjoying things away from racing. Tony Stewart you car time people It's very easy to get caught up in everything that's going on and just daily stuff being a distraction. When you have all that taken away from you, your daily activity becomes a lot more subtle, and you appreciate it all a lot more. Tony Stewart daily you appreciate easy