Quotes from Denny Hamlin

I'd say most qualifying sessions in the Chase are about the only times I get nervous, because qualifying is so important. A lot of times, when you're fast in practice, you have to live back up to those expectations in actual qualifying.

I just hear Montreal is nice, especially during the summer months. It's supposed to be a clean city. The races I've watched up there, it always looked like a good time.

Even in the middle of races, when things don't go well, I don't let it bother me nearly as much as I used to in the past.

Richmond is just the ideal racetrack.

I always said when I was in Late Models, all I ever wanted was when I pull out on the racetrack, people feel like I'm the guy to beat.

I can pump myself and beat my chest all I want going into a racetrack, but when you haven't had success there, that means you don't know what feel you are looking for.

It's hard to find the motivation to perform at 100 percent when you're trying to find yourself, trying to figure out what feel you need, really when you feel like you're not racing for anything.

Back when I was racing go-karts, I would be a complete jokester. I'd crack up with the guys around me, I just was horsing around with everyone. But as soon as we got our go-karts to the grid and I put on my helmet, my daddy always used tell me, 'You turn into a completely different person.'

Mistakes happen in racing.

Luck is just a stupid word in racing.

There's too much that I'd like to do outside of racing to do this until I'm 50 or whatever.

I'm better off when I take a little break from racing now and then.

Anytime you slow the speeds down, racing will always be better.

Distractions, for me, are a good thing, not a negative.

I would say a lot of people think I'm too serious at times, but actually I feel like I'm the opposite away from the camera and everything. I feel like I have a good time, but you rarely see pictures of me in the garage with a smile on my face, even though I am happy. I guess I just don't always show it.

If you had 25 races or 20 races, something like that, there'd be more of a demand for the race ticket. I think you'd probably see better racing because of it, too, honestly. Because the less chances we have to get wins, the more aggressive we're going to be.

I never liked reading books or reading anything - I'm a pictures guy.

Gosh, I'm so different from what I used to be.

You've got to analyze and figure out where your deficits are and go to work on them, and then sometimes, it's how you respond that makes you a great leader or not.

You're a competitor, you want to win. Especially when you have a great opportunity to win.

I can't believe it. Two years ago I was here as a visitor of Dale Earnhardt Jr. and he invited me to come and stay in his motor home. That's the only other time I've been to victory lane.

If you're relying on winning for happiness, you're going to be a miserable individual.

Usually if I wreck someone, it's on purpose - because I don't wreck a lot of people.

Anytime you are superspeedway racing, we're messing around with inches here and when you feel like it's your friend that wrecked you, you get a little bit more upset.