You've got to be closer to the edge than ever to win. That means sometimes you go over the edge, and I don't mean driving, either.

The winner ain't the one with the fastest car. It's the one who refuses to lose.

Two of my favorite things are my steering wheel and my Remington rifle.

When he was young, I told Dale Jr. that hunting and racing are a lot alike. Holding that steering wheel and holding that rifle both mean you better be responsible.

You can't let one bad moment spoil a bunch of good ones.

The only way to be productive is to be positive.

If my wheel comes off and I hit the fence real hard, I get to whack every damn one of you with a hammer.

You win some, lose some, and wreck some.

Second place is just the first place loser.

I'm just trying not to get run over. That's number one. Number two is you gotta catch the guy in front of ya.

I've already done enough to have earned 'good driver,' so if I can be known as a great person and a good driver, that's better than only being a great driver.

[on his use of tracking shots throughout his 50-year career] There's always a certain amount of camera improvisation.

How do you begin? The answer is simple: you decide to.

Dating means doing a lot of fun things you will never do again if you get married. The fun stops with marriage because you're trying to save money for when you split up your property.

He knows himself, and all that's in him, who knows adversity.

Children never grow tired; their likes and dislikes are constant; let them laugh at something once and they laugh always; do what you will, they are sure to say, 'Do it again!

She refused to accept the simple truism that the better you were, the bigger threat you were to those at the top.

My spirit life is also the medium in which I live. It's not something that comes and goes. Without one the other wouldn't exist.

Most liars can fool most people most of the time.

I couldn't be happier to not be acting. I miss it, but I don't miss the auditioning or trying to get work.

I believe it is incumbent upon Congress to act aggressively to ameliorate fear and help our country take the essential steps that will make our communities and lives safer.