During a race, it’s like I become a machine and the machine becomes a man. I talk to my cars, baby them, shout at them, praise them.

If he’d just crowded me down to the side of the asphalt, I’d have been OK. But when he ran me completely off the racetrack, I lost it.

If you don’t take a chance-you won’t have a chance.

Don’t ever wrestle with a pig. You’ll both get dirty, but the pig will enjoy it.

If he'd just crowded me down to the side of the asphalt, I'd have been OK, ... But when he ran me completely off the racetrack, I lost it.

That's the best thing that ever happened to NASCAR,

I think it turned the whole sport around. It got everybody's attention. People who were watching TV live were jumping up and down in their living rooms.

If they hadn't been there, we'd probably still be fighting,

one of the hottest races I've ever been in. This is a heck of a way to make a living.

Don't ever wrestle with a pig. You'll both get dirty, but the pig will enjoy it.