You've got to be the best person you can be in your life. Jeff Gordon More Quotes by Jeff Gordon More Quotes From Jeff Gordon You may be leading, then you might be at the back of the pack trying to work your way up. It's just a constant reminder not to give up, and to know that God, in my mind, is really in control. Jeff Gordon giving-up mind trying I think fear is what keeps us from going over the edge. I mean, as a race car driver, I don't think what makes a good race car driver is a fearless person. I think it's somebody that is comfortable being behind the wheel of something that's somewhat out of control. Jeff Gordon race mean thinking You are going to make choices and decisions that sometimes aren't going to always work in your favor and they are going to upset some other people. Jeff Gordon choices decision people Either you focus, or you hit something really hard. Jeff Gordon hard focus I don't feel I'm a step above anyone on this team. I'm just another link in the chain. Jeff Gordon team ties links Our fans would never waste good beer by pouring it on us. Jeff Gordon pouring fans beer There's no greater feeling than winning a race. Jeff Gordon race winning feelings In our business, just getting to 40 means something...that's why I think sometimes you have to just live in the moment. You have to enjoy life to its fullest. Jeff Gordon enjoy-life mean thinking 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. Jeff Gordon riding guy winning For some reason, no matter what happens in my life, I always seem to have a piece of my heart that says everything is going to be okay. Jeff Gordon pieces matter heart In NASCAR, you don't have to be as physically strong as in some other forms of racing. You've just got to be able to endure the heat and endurance of it. Jeff Gordon nascar-racing endurance strong I thought long and hard about my future this past year and during the offseason, and I've decided 2015 will be the last time I compete for a championship. Jeff Gordon long past years If somebody tells me, 'You have to pass that car right there,' I guarantee you I'm going to step up the aggressiveness to a whole other level and that may mean beating and banging. But until it calls for that moment, I'm not expecting to go out there and just beat and bang for no reason. Jeff Gordon car steps mean I'm not a robot; I have a personality and I have emotions. I have a humorous side to me and an angry side to me. Jeff Gordon robots humorous personality I saw the wreck on TV in the hauler when I was getting dressed to leave. I thought, 'Oh, he'll be fine.' It didn't look like that type of an accident. I remember walking to the bus lot, seeing Teresa walk by. She definitely had a look on her face that I had not seen on her face before. Jeff Gordon wrecks faces looks 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. Jeff Gordon competition winning sports 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. Jeff Gordon track guy sometimes No matter what happens, I'll always say that I've had a wonderful life. Jeff Gordon matter happens wonderful The business model of racing is not a pretty one. Jeff Gordon business-models models racing There are certain times when you can maybe intimidate certain people to force them to make a mistake. There are other people you know that you've got to make a clean pass. I try to make clean passes. That's something that I've been doing since I was 7 years old and that's the way I like to do it. It doesn't mean I always do it that way, but that's the way I prefer to do it. Jeff Gordon mistake mean years
