Dale Earnhardt Quotes
"Championships have always driven me to win races. That 3 car pulling into the track would cause people to look around and wonder what we were doing, to see how to beat us."
-Dale Earnhardt
(Laughs) "I made him(Childress) lose weight. I'm losing weight. The race cars are losing weight too."
-Dale Earnhardt
(On Rusty) "The determination factor with Rusty and I is really still there. It's probably unmeasurable. To have him racing close to me or me racing close to him, it makes us that much more determined. I can take a car and carry it, and Rusty can too. . . It's always been like that, ever since he got into a competitive car. We're always enjoyed going after eachother, and I think it's always going to be that way. You've got to have somebody good to race to have a rea good time at it, Darrell and I raced through several years, and Bill and I, and new Rusty comes along. It's become a mutual respect type of race when you goin and race Rusty. We race eachother to the limit."
-Dale Earnhardt
(On Rusty Wallace) "He's the tough, macho-type image. He realizes that's his image, and he likes to play it. But he's a big old softy. He's do anything for you."
-Dale Earnhardt
(Rusty on Dale) " That guy could take a damn car that's upside down, flying through the air, and he would figure out a way to turn the wheel just right so the air would catch it, turn it back over, and let him go right on his way. Earnhardt does some incredible shit. I mean, he blows a right rear tire going into turn three at Daytona, drives it all the way around the corner, and doesn't even spin out? Me, I'd blow a tire in the same place and go over the goddam wall." . . . . . "I like the guy. Sometimes he ticks me off with what he does on the track, but I like the guy. and I have no problem thinking that he's the best. Hell, some body has to be the best. And I'll tell you what, you are absolutely fooling yourself if you think there are other drivers out there who can control a car easier that Earnhardt can. I've seen that sumbitch in too many predicaments that he's been able to get out of."
-Rusty Wallace
(DE at Bristol 85' & losing power steering) "I never had driven a car which had lost power steering, and I hope I never have to again. I had to pull on the steering so much my right arm went to sleep."
-Dale Earnhardt
(1990 Southern 500 with a loose car) "The old gal slapped me when I got a little fresh with her. I felt like I was dragging a cow or tree hung under the car."
-Dale Earnhardt
(On losing streak) "When you've been accustomed to winning, winning big- and suddenly you're hot anymore, it's going to make you feel down. That's human nature. It gnaws at your insides. But my confidence wasn't shaken by losing."
-Dale Earnhardt
(Rusty on Dale E. wrecking) "The whole world wrecks and he drives right through without a scratch. Dale Earnhardt is definitely the guy who gets through the most. As far as knowing when to go, where to go, and when not to go, it's him."
-Rusty Wallace
"When Dale Earnhardt is running besides you, you will react a little differently than if Bill Elliot or Terry Labonte has just pulled up along side you."
-Richard Petty
(On wearing an opened face helmet) "I can see better, but what's more important is they can see me."
-Dale Earnhardt
(On his Dad) "To me he couldn't do anything wrong. He always had the right answers for everything. All through my life, I'd get into situations and think, what would Dad have done? I'd try to handle it the way he handled things. For a while after his death, I was still trying to live up to his expectations. But there came a time when I had to be my own man, had to do my own things, had to be who I was, not who he was."
-Dale Earnhardt
(On his Dad) "I'll tell you, I'm a Clint Eastwood fan. You look at Clint , he's rugged, independent, pretty much in control of everything around him. I've always related him to my dad."
-Dale Earnhardt
"It's hard to please all the people all the time. For instance, I got sick last winter, deathly sick with some kind of flu virus. I was in bed 3-4 days, and thats not like me. I didn't make it to the Winston Cup Preview and I got blasted by a lot of fans. I'd say that 90% of the fans, maybe even 99% understood. They said 'Hey he's human. He gets sick too.' But there were some who were unhappy."
-Dale Earnhardt
(On his busy schedule) "Handling all that is part of any job. People say don't you get tired of it? The answer is no. I accept it as part of my profession. I accept it, and I understand it. I understand what it takes to make the race car go. I understand what it takes to satisfy the hunger of the fans, and the people around me."
-Dale Earnhardt