Quotes from Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

The cars are always changing. The competition's cars are always getting better. Sometimes when you try to make them better, you make them worse.

On the driving side, I think I grew in the Nationwide Series to a point, but then coming over to the Cup side, I kind of had to grow in different ways as far as the work ethic that I had to put back into talking to my engineers a lot more and talking to my crew chief a lot more.

It's funny, I can talk to Dad about races we ran, or I can remember some races he's raced when I was there working on the car. I'm sure other athletes are the same, where they can remember what pitches they threw or what plays they ran.

When I'm outside the car, I'm just kind of relaxed, hanging out. People tell me I could be more confident outside the car, but when I get in the race car, I don't feel like anybody can beat me.

I think to downplay a woman's role in sports is not a good idea because a lot of women love sport, whether they watch it, report on it or work on a team.

I feel like I've definitely let some good finishes go because of pushing too hard at the wrong time.

Yeah, that's been my style to drive as hard as I can.

Growing up, I was always a big fan of Jeff Gordon.

I like to drive hard, and obviously when you get to this level, especially running for points - you've got to make sure when you have a car that can run 10th, that you run 10th with it. You can't sit here and try to make it go from 10th to a win and end up 30th. That's just something I had to figure out.

There are things I like about fancy Southern food and there are things I really love from just down-home Southern cooking. So mixing those two together would probably be right up my alley.

I'm a typical dirt racer that wants to go try different lines. When the line goes to the top of the racetrack, I feel like I'm a little bit better.

In NASCAR, we pride ourselves on being accessible to fans.

I am out there to put on the best performance I can for my sponsors and my team and my fans.

You don't want to put somebody in a bad spot because you'll put everybody in a bad spot.

I've never really been worried about being in the spotlight. I could care less.

Even though I grew up racing short races and sprint car races, I really enjoy the long races. And if your car is good, you really enjoy it.

When I was in sprint cars, it was the mentality of, 'Sometimes you crash big and sometimes you win, but either way it was a good show.'

You can have a great car in the Sprint Cup Series and run 15th with it. It's super competitive. These guys are just really good.

Jeff Gordon came from sprint cars and obviously he knows how to win championships.

Anytime you can start the season off with a new organization and see all the work they put in - guys in the shop that I don't even know are working late nights.

As stressful as it can be trying to plan out your moves and think about the race, I think I do better when I'm hanging out with friends and family and just jump in the race track and go for it.

Anything that we can do to bring the fans closer to what we do each and every day I think is a good thing, and if it wasn't for fans, we wouldn't be able to be out here doing this sport.

It's tough being a racecar driver and being a Christian and going to church.

I go out and drive 100 percent every lap.