Quotes from Chase Elliott

You're never going to replace Jeff Gordon at all.

Jeff Gordon is a hero and a legend of the sport, and that's something you're never going to do. You obviously have goals, and I'm going to try to be successful here at Hendrick Motorsports, and in the sport in general, but Jeff is Jeff, and there's never going to be another one.

Winning races and winning consistently is going to open opportunities. Guys who have that ability and are consistent in it are the ones you see have success for years and years.

To me, it's about the Golden Rule, really at the end of the day. Treating people as you want to be treated. I just don't feel like it's that hard to do. It's not that much to ask of someone to treat everyone with the respect they would want to be treated with. No matter what you look like or where you're from.

I love Corey Smith, love his music.

I've always paid a lot of attention to the races that go on throughout the offseason, being the Snowball Derby, the Chili Bowl, Rolex 24; races that I admire and really enjoy watching.

I just kind of go about things the way I always have and just try to be me and hope for the best.

Within the sports world, I think it'd be cool to go be part of a baseball game or basketball game - just something different to see what that feels like.

I don't think you have to go hit home runs to win races. I think we can get solid base hits with singles and doubles to put ourselves in a position to win.

You could be in a room with somebody you don't realize you're in a room with and that first impression or something that you give off might be appreciated by someone or it might not. I'm always just being mindful of you never know who's watching.

Cars' is such a great franchise of movies, and they've done such a great job connecting with young kids and building that. It's pretty incredible, very neat to be a part of it. When I saw the first one, I never thought I'd ever have a part in one. It's different. You definitely have to get out of your comfort zone to do it.

I don't enjoy having any more or less road courses. I really don't care where we go.

I am only a morning person when I have to be.

There's a lot of twisted folks and folks who don't stay true to who they are that can sometimes get led astray by work or by certain people pulling strings to make you be someone you don't want to be.

I think the people that were big Bill Elliott fans, they followed me for a long time, not just since I've been in the NASCAR world.

We want to grow NASCAR.

We live in a world in racing where the guy who's comfortable being uncomfortable does well.

I've talked to my dad about road course racing more than anybody. I feel like he was a very underrated road course racer, so he's probably been more helpful than anybody even at HMS.

Unfortunately, I can't sing or play any instruments. But, I love Collective Soul. They've got some good music.

I've probably been in some dumb situations snowboarding. I'd say snowboarding in general isn't a dangerous deal, but you can get yourself into some bad spots. Unfortunately, I have probably been pretty dumb with that in getting off the beaten path.

I'm so fortunate to work with a company like NAPA. They've been behind me 100%, and I never take that support for granted.

For me, I want to be me, stay true to that, do my thing, try to keep things simple and stay true to who I am.

I am a big Honey Nut Cheerios fan.

Things are always changing, and you have to be, you just have to, I guess, kind of learn to deal with the ups and downs.