I don't mind taking chances. Sometimes those chances get me in a loophole that's hard to get out of, but that's just me. That's my drive. That's my fire. That's who I am. That's who I want to be and who I feel like I am when I'm fast.
— Kyle Busch
A good driver can make up for bad equipment way more than a good car could make up for a bad driver.
Having a cellphone in your pocket, you can get anything you want anytime you want it. Right then and there, boom, you have it.
I don't know that many guys have ever been able to accomplish being able to win at every single active track that they've made starts at, and I look forward to trying to complete that feat.
My fans are great and amazing, but there's no way all of my fans are going to be able to fill up Bristol Motor Speedway.
I want to be known as trying to be one of the best of the best - whether I get there or not, it's up to opinion.
Ray Evernham and Jeff Gordon and people in the garage area always put so much stake into me.
I'd take winning the championship over winning a Chase race any day of the week.
Racing is work, so that's not a hobby.
I like road-course racing.
Some people tell you, 'I'm your good luck charm - I've been to eight races in my life and you've won six of them' or something like that. So it's kind of like, 'Well, you need to come to more then!' Other times, fans just want to talk about previous times they've met you.
Obviously, you have to have some luck on your side to be successful.
As far as fan perception, it's probably worse than it should be. I think it's getting better, but I think I still get perceived based on the things I did earlier in my career.
Even though Richmond is a three-quarter mile, it's a fast short track... So it gives you - maybe you could call it a false of security a little bit, but it seems to be working for me.
I hate that you get beat up so much about an accomplishment, but I guess that's part of life. Haters gonna hate.
I like running my Super Late Models here and there and there are times when you go to those events and they are for $2,000 or $3,000 to win. There's no money involved in that; you're basically spending your money to go racing in those things but it's so enjoyable. For me, it's kind of like a golf game.
For as much as I tend to run my mouth sometimes, I would have definitely stacked up better in the 1970s or the 1980s when there wasn't as much media or there wasn't as much publicity and sponsorship around the sport that you had to be PC for.
You've got guys out there that are good spokespeople for their sponsors or whatever. They do a good job of selling merchandise and all that. And then you've got guys that are just good wheel men.
I just try to go out there and be who I am and compete and bring home as many trophies as I can. That's what being a race car driver is all about and that's why I do what I do.
I don't watch much golf.
I've never been very good at slowing down.
There's no better benefit than being out on the racetrack, learning what's going on with the track and the tire and all that stuff. To me, that's a big influence.
I would say people are most going to remember me for my skill on the racetrack, first and foremost.
We put fate in other people's hands there at Talladega. You have 42 other racers and sometimes it doesn't work out for you.
When I was coming up through the ranks, I won a lot - and probably won too much.
My first paycheck came from HobbyTown USA in Las Vegas. They had like planes and trains and RC cars, things like that.
We have fans who bake cookies for the team or they make cupcakes or muffins and stuff like that. And then they always ask us if we enjoyed it and how it tasted. I'm like, 'That was so long ago. I don't even remember what I had for breakfast this morning!'
I remember most all of my devoted fans, the ones who have been fans for a long time.
I'm a big Eminem fan, so I like listening to him. My wife doesn't, though.
I think my reputation is pretty fair among the drivers. The drivers know what they get when they see me or talk to me - if they get the chance to talk to me, because some of them I just don't talk to because I don't like them, so they should know.
I don't necessarily ever put a number on how many we can win in a season.
Those people that are close to me understand me and know me and know who I am outside the race track as a person and a friend, and that's why I'm able to continue to have the relationships and the sponsorships that I do.
I don't know why my success has been greater in XFINITY cars than it has been in Cup cars. It's the exact opposite for Jimmie Johnson.
We're at the top echelon of motorsports, and we've got guys who have never won Late Model races running on the racetrack. It's pathetic. They don't know where to go.
Toyota is competitive in anything they do.
I watch football all the time. I enjoy getting home on Monday nights and watch 'Monday Night Football,' and 'Sunday Night Football' when we get home early enough on Sunday nights.
For me, I love football.
Don't matter what I do, what I say, how much I try to change. You don't change perception.
My favorite was Jeff Gordon. I just followed him growing up because I started watching racing when he came on the scene.
I would say I'm too guilty of dwelling on things too long.
You can be as good as you can be behind the wheel physically, but you've also got to be there mentally.
I'd say the late 70s were probably pretty cool. Obviously the cars weren't safe and the tracks weren't safe and all that stuff, but I think back then it was more about the driver.
On a par 5, I can shoot a six. And on a par 3, I can shoot a six, too!
I hear a lot of people who say they enjoy watching the road course races over the ovals.
I try to keep at least one or two of my firesuit designs every year.
I think I could make a 1,000 mile race. But I would definitely have to take pre-race precautions to make sure I could make it that far.
I like good Mexican food, and there's not a lot of that around North Carolina.
You pretty much know as a driver what too fast is.
Certainly, different people show their emotions in different ways. Unfortunately for me, mine has never been very gracious and I don't know that it ever will be.
I love racing and I've always enjoyed racing. I love to try and go back to the local short tracks and do those races. And sometimes I do.
