Quotes from Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

My family has sacrificed a lot.

My granddad was an elder at our church, so it was a big part of my life growing up.

I think if you make a mistake, it had better be early in the race so you can bounce back from it.

I got baptized in June of 2001, I think. But I always went to church camp, went to church every Sunday, went to Bible class.

My dad raced so we were out at the racetrack late at night on Saturdays, getting up early on Sunday morning going to church.

Oh, I don't really celebrate too much.

Obviously it's always special having that first championship, but when you can go out and you're a car to beat every week, I think that's what classifies a great year.

In 2011, 2012, running for those championships, every point matters.

It's tough to win championships no matter what.

All of our fans are passionate and each driver that they want to cheer for is really respectful of all the other drivers - it's a really cool sport to be around.

For me, I feel like I've always driven the same, it's just depending on what situation that I'm in, depending on what I want to do. So, I'll always race hard.

It's about making sure we're there at the end of races and we get the best possible finish we can. What comes with that is being able to have realistic expectations and not trying to do something more than what the car is capable of, so it's a team effort for sure.

I think our fans and NFL fans are very passionate about our country and our men and women who fight for our freedom, our freedom to free speech and free protest for that matter.

Generally, when I have a faster car, I just drive around the lapped cars that I'm lapping.

It kind of came a little bit easier in Nationwide once I figured out what I needed to do driving-wise.

I feel like what I have learned in my career in racing is that anytime you are happy off the race track it tends to show up on the race track.

From the Mississippi Mudflap to the Kentucky Waterfall, to the Tennessee Top Hat and the North Carolina Neckwarmer, nothing says freedom like a mullet blowing unfettered in the wind and I can't wait to restore it to its rightful place in the NASCAR garage.

Honestly, I feel nobody can drive a race car better than I can. Driving-wise, I feel like I can out-drive anybody.

I put a lot of pressure on myself to perform, go out and win races.

I try to respect everybody around me, especially at speedway races.

Elliott Sadler races really clean.

I like winning races.

I grew up wearing free racing T-shirts.

I'm competitive in everything I do. And that started young. Heck, I started racing bicycles when I was 3.