Hailie Deegan Quotes

Hailie Deegan

Profession : Driver

Birth : July 18, 2001

I run all my social. I post everything, all the videos and stuff.

Hailie Deegan

I try to keep it really real on my social media, whether it's me training or working out, whether it's me practicing or failing at something.

Hailie Deegan

A lot of drivers don't put that stuff on social media because they're scared they might get criticized or whatever, and there will be people who say I can't drive. I just don't let it get to me and do my own thing.

Hailie Deegan

I like Kyle Busch, I love his driving style. He might not have the most positivity off the track, but I do like his driving style.

Hailie Deegan

I love social media. I think people in NASCAR don't use it enough and there's so much you can do with it.

Hailie Deegan

In the end, I'm a racer, I'm not a model, obviously. I lost about a foot of my height for that. And in the end, I'm not trying to be one. I'm trying to be a real person. Try to be a racer.

Hailie Deegan

Because at the end of the day, you really only have one reputation and one shot, and once you kind of get that bad reputation and don't have some good results, then it's kind of over. It's really hard to build it back.

Hailie Deegan

To be a part of NASCAR, to have the name behind me is such a big deal.

Hailie Deegan

Dirt has given me a really good car control ability, but it would have been an easier transition if I'd been racing pavement my whole life. But off-road has given me such a good foundation for car control when the car is loose, because the competitions are so intense - basically 30 minutes of utter chaos.

Hailie Deegan

When you get to stock racing, you have to be a little more patient and 'save your stuff' to be there at the end.

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I'm trying to build a good fanbase, a good army behind me of people and supporters.

Hailie Deegan

Being over at Ford offers a much clearer path in my development.

Hailie Deegan

You have to bump or throw a block sometimes. Even when it goes wrong, how many times has it worked? I think it's a matter of picking and choosing your battles. You gotta do what you've gotta do to try to get a win.

Hailie Deegan

I'm still learning how to flip that switch on and off. I want to make the most of every opportunity with the least amount of collateral damage. In every race you make smart moves and you take risks.

Hailie Deegan

People wonder where I get my aggressiveness. Since I was 8 I've been racing that way.

Hailie Deegan

When there's a goal ahead of you, you want to move past it, and make a new goal for someone else.

Hailie Deegan

I've been in a lot of fires.

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I'm not going to go out there and set the world on fire and win my first race. People have to understand that. It's going to take time. It's going to take a lot of learning. I think eventually we'll obviously get better with time.

Hailie Deegan

Even in the ARCA race we have scheduled pit stops. You're already rolling with everyone; you can't lose any spots. But in the trucks, you can lose or gain a ton.

Hailie Deegan

You don't see guys being compared with other guys, you base people on your roots in racing. You would think I'd get more compared with people who do dirt racing.

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