I didn't miss out on a family life because of racing. I had one because of it.

You can only live on the past for so long, and we kind of stretched our luck on that. We think we're on the way back, but it's just a matter of how quickly things come together. Common sense tells you it's not going to happen overnight because we're trying to catch up.

Cats know, comin' out of four, they better be standin' on it, else they'll be standin' in it.

Cotton Owens was leading and daddy was second. They came up on me and I moved over to let them pass. Cotton went on, but daddy bumped me in the rear and my car went right into the wall.

If there are 10 people there, two or three are going to recognize you.

If you ain't cheatin', you ain't tryin'

You can work hard, do everything that you think is right, but one thing you'll never overcome in life is fate. You can't control fate.

Never put a question mark where God puts a Period

Like everyone else, I don't want it to get too far away from the racing because as time progresses, we're trying to get new fans and still keep the old fans and we've still got to have the racing.

Now they're getting so politically correct you can't even stick your tongue out at somebody.

I closed my eyes, held my breath and then everything went black.

The good Lord doesn't tell you what His plan is, so all you can do is get up in the morning and see what happens next.

Racing has become more show time we've got to have something new to create interest in the sport.

We drove for the sheer fun of driving because there wasn't that much money to be made.