1. “Finishing races is important, but racing is more important.” – Dale Earnhardt
2. “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.” – Dale Earnhardt
3. “A complete collapse and recalculation can sometimes be the quickest way to figure things out in life.” – Dale Earnhardt
4. “Sometimes, that means stepping out of line, bending the rules, and pushing the limits.” – Dale Earnhardt
5. “In what other sport do you get a 15-second break every hour?” – Dale Earnhardt
6. “Maybe now that we have the same sponsor in Remington we can spend some time together outdoors.” – Dale Earnhardt
7. “Getting up in front and talking to the people who build my cars is the worst. I get so damn nervous.” – Dale Earnhardt
8. “You’ve got to be closer to the edge than ever to win.” – Dale Earnhardt
9. “It’s just really hard to work and get better, building and planning for the future with the new Monte Carlo and keeping the race team intact and keeping them healthy.” – Dale Earnhardt
10. “Life hits you with moments of adversity.” – Dale Earnhardt
11. “Winning isn’t everything to me, but it’s a close second. Losing isn’t something that I can just brush off and fake a smile to hide my frustration. It’s that will and determination that I hope will get me where I want to go.” – Dale Earnhardt
12. “That’s life. You’ve got to deal with it, good and bad. We’ll be all right. I mean, if we make the chase, we make it. If we don’t, we don’t.” – Dale Earnhardt
13. “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.” – Dale Earnhardt
14. “Second place is just the first loser.” – Dale Earnhardt
15. “Being a broadcaster, man, you just sort of paint from a blank canvas, in a way.” – Dale Earnhardt
16. “That’s what we’re striving for, making us a contender in every race.” – Dale Earnhardt
17. “You’ll probably never even get there, at least not in the way you envisioned.” – Dale Earnhardt
18. “You never know until you try.” – Dale Earnhardt
19. “I don’t want to argue with my wife about her car – or my driving.” – Dale Earnhardt
20. “I enjoy Saturday night racing.” – Dale Earnhardt
21. “My determination is to win races and try to win that other championship.” – Dale Earnhardt
22. “The only way to be productive is to be positive.” – Dale Earnhardt
23. “If my wheel comes off and I hit the fence real hard, I get to whack every damn one of you with a hammer.” – Dale Earnhardt
24. “I see it on pit road when we make better pit stops, and that comes from harder work back at the shop, practicing, testing, trying to get better.” – Dale Earnhardt
25. “You only get one go-around.” – Dale Earnhardt
26. “It’s a never-ending battle of making your car better and also trying to be better yourself.” – Dale Earnhardt
27. “I’ve had confidence in myself all along. It was just a matter of getting the pieces back in place.” – Dale Earnhardt
28. “Two of my favorite things are my steering wheel and my Remington rifle.” – Dale Earnhardt
29. “The atmosphere seems to change once the sun goes down and the race fans get to watch a good show.” – Dale Earnhardt
30. “You win some, you lose some, you wreck some.” – Dale Earnhardt
31. “You can’t let one bad moment spoil a bunch of good ones.” – Dale Earnhardt
32. “If you want to stand out from the pack, you have to do something to get people’s attention.” – Dale Earnhardt
33. “That means sometimes you go over the edge, and I don’t mean driving, either.” – Dale Earnhardt
34. “My father could look straight ahead but concentrate on something on the very edge of his vision, almost nearly behind him.” – Dale Earnhardt
35. “I’ve stocked shoes, taken out trash, and dealt with people from every walk of life, and even though I definitely didn’t want to at times, I always gave it my all.” – Dale Earnhardt
36. “We should always strive to be better at our craft, no matter what.” – Dale Earnhardt
37. “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.” – Dale Earnhardt
38. “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.” – Dale Earnhardt
39. “I felt like the track came to us, but then it went beyond us.” – Dale Earnhardt
40. “Instead of trying again or rebuilding, maybe you just need to move in a completely different direction.” – Dale Earnhardt
41. “If you spend the whole time thinking about the finish line and where you want to be.” – Dale Earnhardt
42. “You’ve heard it countless times before, but life really is all about the journey.” – Dale Earnhardt
43. “I want to be up front racing.” – Dale Earnhardt
44. “I always have fun. I don’t really go without fun too long.” – Dale Earnhardt
45. “That strategy of racing for the top five and racing for the win is where everybody wants to be.” – Dale Earnhardt
46. “Growing up, I’ve enjoyed hunting with my father.” – Dale Earnhardt
47. “I’ve had confidence in myself all along. It was just a matter of getting the pieces back in place.” – Dale Earnhardt
48. “I woke up this morning, and I still don’t believe I won the Daytona 500.” – Dale Earnhardt
49. “The winner ain’t the one with the fastest car. It’s the one who refuses to lose.” – Dale Earnhardt
50. “Like a boxer, it’s about how we deal with these blows that will come to define us in the end.” – Dale Earnhardt
51. “The thing about it is, all those races we lost, we won this race together. We won it as a team.” – Dale Earnhardt
52. “Winning is obviously great, but losing can carry its fair share of lessons, too.” – Dale Earnhardt
53. “My determination is to win races and try to win that other championship.” – Dale Earnhardt