Quotes from Denny Hamlin

I was 16. I wrecked my truck and the only way I could pay to fix it was to get a job. So I applied at a Subway.

Championships, I get it, it's very, very important. But I also know that my competitors will probably say that I'm one of the toughest competitors and toughest guys to beat. That's all I really care about, is having the respect of them.

These short tracks are about patience. You have to show patience.

I think my reputation among peers is probably different than my reputation among fans. My peers know me pretty well and so it's fairly accurate. I think I'm respected among my peers.

What people don't realize is they mistake my shyness for cockiness most of the time.

I never would consider any comparison to Mark Martin an insult. I'll take those comparisons all day because the guy is a... driver that nobody wanted to face.

There's no right way to do it or wrong way to do it - that's why so many drivers have been caught in wrecks at Talladega.

I've always been an introvert.

I nearly slept through my entire senior year. I'm fairly convinced they just gave me a diploma just to get me out of school.

Communication is key to having a good team.

Every time the races would come to Richmond, my mom would have a sheet of where each driver was doing appearances. And we'd go on a Thursday night road trip to each stop to get each driver's autograph.

It makes me very hard on myself when I don't achieve the goals I want to achieve. But I feel like that's what makes me as good as I am at times - I push myself to be better, constantly.

I really like 'Million Dollar Listing Miami.'

I don't go into these Daytona 500s expecting to win. I go into it hoping to win, but definitely not expecting because there's just too many moving parts and pieces for you to guarantee your success.

I know that's what Goodyear wants and what NASCAR wants and what the drivers want as far as safety is concerned.

I'm different than the normal NASCAR driver, I listen to hip-hop music.

There are a lot of people making money in NASCAR, so let's help it be SAFER barriers where they should be - especially at these very very fast racetracks.

I think our sport is much better off with a successful female driver in NASCAR.

We're way underpaid as race car drivers.

I'm the most underrated driver.

I believe in the NASCAR medical staff.

There's no doubt, doing what we do, the schedule that we have and the danger that we incur every single week, NASCAR drivers should be making NBA, NFL money.

When two teams skirmish with each other or the two drivers don't like talking to each other, all you do is go backward. There's no doubt about it.

I know at times I've been very guilty of being too honest at times or too opinionated at times and it costs you a nickel or two.