Michael Waltrip Quotes

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Michael Waltrip

Profession : Driver

Birth : April 30, 1963

The computer systems that we have on our cars when we go test just blow my mind.

Michael Waltrip

Whether you're Michael Waltrip or Jeff Gordon or Richard Petty, you can't be the Daytona 500 champion without it having an impact on people around you. When I say that, I mean the race fans. They want to congratulate you for winning the biggest race of the year. It has changed people's perception of me.

Michael Waltrip

Once the race starts, it doesn't matter what you did yesterday let alone last year.

Michael Waltrip

Talladega is one of the macho tracks on the circuit and when I was a kid, I remember everyone wanting to go watch this race because the cars go so fast on the circuit; there were so many great battles.

Michael Waltrip

There are several races that anything can happen and Talladega is one of those places for sure.

Michael Waltrip

When I showed up to drive for Dale in '01 it was a brand new team.

Michael Waltrip

When you're not successful, people look at the driver and say, 'what's wrong with him?' and sometimes the drivers look back and wonder 'what makes you think you're not the problem?'

Michael Waltrip

When you've been ridiculed and talked about as much as I have over the course of my career, pressure doesn't exist.

Michael Waltrip

I always thought if you run a Marathon in less than 4 hours, there is a tick of athletic accomplishment in that. Anything over that is just an old guy with a hard head who isn't going to stop until he's done.

Michael Waltrip

I've been a pretty impatient driver my entire life.

Michael Waltrip

I've never had anything given to me. I've never had anything easy. My whole career has been that way.

Michael Waltrip

Everyone who has ever aspired to be a stock car driver wants to win the Daytona 500. If someone says that it's better to win somewhere else, then that tells me one thing for sure - they've never won at Daytona.

Michael Waltrip

I like Miami.

Michael Waltrip

My life is consumed by racing.

Michael Waltrip

The Daytona 500 is what it is because of the tradition and history of this great event. People have been coming out in February since 1950 to watch this great race. It would be hard to ever change that.

Michael Waltrip

I know y'all have probably heard I lost a few races in a row before I won one, but I never gave up. Never believed I wasn't good enough.

Michael Waltrip

I do believe I'm not good enough to be a professional dancer. I believe that in my heart.

Michael Waltrip

I'm pretty comfortable in a car to know what I'm doing, and I'm exactly the opposite onstage.

Michael Waltrip

I've always loved comedy.

Michael Waltrip

No matter what town we went to, if there was a comedian playing, I'd go watch.

Michael Waltrip