Explore Quotes by Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

Regardless of how I act, somebody is going to criticize me one way or the other.

I enjoy learning how to cook because I like to eat. Eating is good. Eating is fun.

To me, I feel completely, um, utterly normal. I do everything everybody else does.

I just didn't look at myself with a lot of confidence. I didn't think, 'Man I'm a great driver. Boy, just give me a shot.'

As a driver, it was easy to find the negative in things. But when I got out of the car, everything about the sport, my whole perception of just about everything in the sport, did a 180.

I always make things worse than they are or create problems that aren't there. And going and doing some simple task becomes a problem. I start imagining problems that aren't there. What people are going to think, who's going to judge me and am I going to be good enough? Am I worthy?

I hate disappointing people and letting people down.

There was this guy I used to work with, and he listened to Patsy Cline all the time, so I liked that after a while.

As a race car driver, you kind of get stereotyped into, 'Man, you like country' - or you got to say you like country. I do like a lot of country. But I'm all over the board.

I get asked one question a lot: 'What celebrity encounter would render you starstruck?' The answer is simple - anyone who's ever strapped on a Redskins helmet, much less coached them to three Super Bowls.

Oh yeah, I've been in therapy in and out of my whole life.

I always liked 'The Last American Hero,' the one about Junior Johnson with Jeff Bridges in it.

I look at my trophies and can't believe they're mine.

Winning the championship is more than 50% driver. It's probably 60% driver, 40% car. I don't really know where luck fits in there - over the course of a season, everybody catches their breaks.

All these tracks you have memories at, all of them, Daytona included.

I'm sure it's the same whether you lost your parent at 25 or 45. When they die, the responsibility to do right by them and honor them becomes more important to you, because they're not here to tell you, 'Hey man, don't be doing that,' or, 'Yeah, you're making me proud, or you're not.'

I was way behind in my maturity. I was a 30-year-old acting like a 23-year-old. So when I was 21, I was probably acting like a 15-year-old.

Orange is my favorite color overall.

You don't talk to Richard Petty unless he talks to you.

If I don't like the car, I don't get excited about racing it.

I can cook anything. Anything. I'm good.