Dale Earnhardt Jr. Quotes

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Profession : Driver

Birth : October 10, 1974

I went from thinking, 'I wonder if I can be a broadcaster. Will anybody give me a chance? Maybe I can get a shot at it,' to thinking, 'Man, I want to do this for a long time.'

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

I've done everything I ever thought I would do. I've done more than I thought I was capable of doing.

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

I look at my trophies and can't believe they're mine.

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

I'm sure it's the same whether you lost your parent at 25 or 45. When they die, the responsibility to do right by them and honor them becomes more important to you, because they're not here to tell you, 'Hey man, don't be doing that,' or, 'Yeah, you're making me proud, or you're not.'

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

That's one thing that frustrates me is to hear people today say I don't have passion; my heart's not in it. Man, what the hell? You can't go to 38 races in 42 weeks with your heart out of it.

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

As a driver, it was easy to find the negative in things. But when I got out of the car, everything about the sport, my whole perception of just about everything in the sport, did a 180.

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

The 1979 Daytona 500 was awesome. It was almost like the first race that Ken Squier ever did. And so he was sort of introducing himself as well as the sport.

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

I didn't think I was ever going to be a Cup driver. When I was a kid, before I started racing in the Xfinity Series, I thought that I was never going to get a chance, and then, if I did, I wasn't going to run well enough to maintain that opportunity and keep progressing.

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

I just didn't look at myself with a lot of confidence. I didn't think, 'Man I'm a great driver. Boy, just give me a shot.'

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

I've been able to make a lot of money and live a lifestyle that I never dreamed of. And I've been able to provide for my family.

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

I never thought I would ever win a Daytona 500. I never thought we would sweep Bristol. I just never thought any of that stuff was going to happen or be possible.

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

To me, I feel completely, um, utterly normal. I do everything everybody else does.

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

I'm competitive, man. Competitive.

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

I can cook anything. Anything. I'm good.

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

If I don't like the car, I don't get excited about racing it.

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Regardless of how I act, somebody is going to criticize me one way or the other.

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

I don't know of any other driver on the track that doesn't get hot under the collar.

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

You don't talk to Richard Petty unless he talks to you.

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

For the longest time, I was just real nervous about privacy and people prying into my personal business.

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

That's something that is important to me, that people know me and understand me.

Dale Earnhardt Jr.