Quotes from Dale Earnhardt Jr.

I wish I'd a got married sooner. I wish I'd a had kids sooner. I wish I'd a figured all that out sooner.

I think that our personalities and our souls have so much - we're so much more than just blood vessels and bone and muscle.

I've always felt like a lot of people's misconceptions of me have to do with how I grew up. I grew up poor, and I grew up rich.

My first concert was Chicago and Moody Blues. I was 15 years old.

I used to have stomach ulcers and stuff when I was in the 10th grade. I'd be doubled over on the floor, I was hurting so bad. I was on Tagamet before it was over the counter.

I was a huge boxing fan, but it's a sport where the guys punch each other in the head. I thought maybe I shouldn't be a fan of that anymore. Maybe I shouldn't allow myself to cheer a sport where the head injuries are a big part of it.

As a driver, it was easy to find the negative in things. But when I got out of the car, everything about the sport, my whole perception of just about everything in the sport, did a 180.

Every sport has a 'guy' that personifies what the sport is about and almost creates what the sport is on his own.

The 1979 Daytona 500 was awesome. It was almost like the first race that Ken Squier ever did. And so he was sort of introducing himself as well as the sport.

I definitely find myself, as I get older, a lot more aware and concerned with the health of the sport.

When you're around a sport awhile and sort of get to know everybody, you start to appreciate people more instead of just seeing a number and a sponsor and a competitor.

I don't like going on stage. Stages mean 'nervous' for me.

I am proud of the Earnhardt name, but it don't stand alone. You know, it's part of the sport, with all those other historic people that have been a part of it, and you don't want people to forget the part you had in it and what you did and the contributions you made and the sacrifices you made.

You don't talk to Richard Petty unless he talks to you.

I use my notes app on my iPhone religiously, and I have one note just for movies. Every time I see a movie I think I'm going to want to watch, I'll put it in there.

Me and my dad never talked racing. We just didn't. I wouldn't go up and ask him about that unless I wanted to upset him.

You form pretty strong opinions about the guys you compete against. You're all very competitive; you're all very selfish. So it's easy to drum up some strong opinions in a second's notice, like, 'Argh! This guy!'

I was in therapy as a child and definitely think that therapy is a very useful tool.

To me, I feel completely, um, utterly normal. I do everything everybody else does.

I want to continue to be a part of the sport, and not just as an owner in the Nascar Xfinity Series. I want to be a valuable asset to the growth of the sport and continue to help raise the bar and raise the awareness of the sport and promote the sport as much as I can.

Orange is my favorite color overall.

I like to sit around the pool, listen to music, barbecue, grill, stuff like that. Just the guy next door, I guess.

I'm not a huge fan of North Carolina barbecue. I like Memphis style barbecue and Kansas City.

There was this guy I used to work with, and he listened to Patsy Cline all the time, so I liked that after a while.