We’re still in this phase with IndyCar, sports car or any other ideas I have to go racing. Everything right now is people are just starting to talk about options, it’s usually end of summer, beginning of fall when paper starts moving around and people are looking to ink stuff and get it done. We’re just early in the cycle, and I’m certainly trying to keep my options open.

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How do you say no when a little kid is asking you for ice cream? I know I can't say no to it myself.

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ice-cream littles kids

Driving will never be away from me - I can't just give it up. It's all I've ever done, and there's something about being in that car.

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I grew up in a very simple home, a very simple background, and to be able to do what I'm able to do today, I'm very honored. I don't think I'll ever lose that perspective, and I don't want to.

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simple home thinking

I do find it amusing when somebody cuts me off, makes an aggressive move on me in a car. I'm like, 'Do you have any idea what I do for a living? Why?'

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A losing football team looks at excuses. A championship football team looks at solutions.

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I want to say thank you to everybody at Hendrick Motorsports for their hard work...Obviousl y, the front row is very special, big thank you to Chevrolet and my awesome sponsor Lowe's Home Improvement !

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My fans are always extremely loyal.

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loyal fans

I own motorized bar stools.

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stools bars

It's real easy to sit on your couch and point fingers and say, 'So-and-so did something wrong...'. But until you are out there in these cars at these speeds and seeing all the near-misses and what is really going on, it is not worth forming an opinion.

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Since I was kid, what's drawn me to racing is the feeling inside of me, the passion I have for the sport, the feeling I have while competing and doing what I do in a car, on a bike, whatever it's been

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passion sports kids

The thing I love about off-road racing is the pride in how abusive it is.

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I have a lot of confidence in myself, a lot of confidence in the race team, our equipment, and as my mind plays its games on me, I just fall back on the team.

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There's just a pit that develops in your stomach and doesn't go away. It's the championship pit and it's there.

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NASCAR fans are very knowledgeable and very passionate.

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nascar passionate fans

I don't need to break the speed limit. But if I'm not passing other vehicles on the interstate, I get a little irritated.

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limits littles needs

I’d love to have an opportunity to tie the greats in Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt Sr.

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petty ties opportunity

I didn't get into racing to make friends.

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Very few athletes have the chance to be brought into the White House.

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athlete white house

I've challenged (Donovan McNabb) to whatever athletic endeavor he wants, but he laughs it off

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I've always looked for my affirmation through my peers, the people I race against, and within my team.

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