Bubba Wallace

“It's short-track racing. You're going to get that and it's going to happen. I don't know why everybody thought it was the end of the world when wrecks were going to happen. Like I said, with close-quarter racing like that it's going to get heated.”

“Creating unity and compassion and understanding of each of our brothers and sisters is so powerful. We have to preach that to the ones that don't want to listen and understand.”

“I'll go out there and prove to everybody that I belong to the Cup Series.”

“No matter what faces you in life, always look up to God, and he will guide the way. You just have to walk that path very stern, and very proud.”

“Systemic racism is a problem from every aspect of life.”

“I'm African-American. There are more eyes on me than anybody. They're going to take the negative before the positive.”

“Times get tough sometimes, you lose cool. At the end of the day it is one of the most demanding and grueling sports.”

“We've all got to make sure we're all pulling in the same direction. That's what's going to keep us ahead of the ball. As soon as we start getting in the opposite direction, that's when we start getting behind, and the results will start to show.”

“Our voices carry so much more weight than Joe Schmo from down the street.”

“The Ahmaud Arbery video was the final straw for me in being silent. That shook me to the core like nothing has in the past. Something flipped inside of me to be more vocal and stand up for racial equality and make sure we get a hold on that and change the face of this world and get it to a better place.”

“I definitely feel like I'm carrying on the legacy of the Scott family. What Wendell had to go through was extremely difficult, but he kept racing, kept fighting. Part of him will be with me when I'm out on the track.”

“I do laundry, but my bags from the last race will sit there until the very last minute that I have to do laundry again.”

“If you know me, I don't hold back. I take what I can get, and whatever falls.”

“It's like Richard Petty always said, 'Racing isn't the job. That's where we get away from our job.' That's where we go out and have fun and get away from the madness. No one can bother you in there. There's no phones, no interviews - it's just you, driving.”

“No one should feel uncomfortable when they come to a NASCAR race.”

“I've never had any issues with racism or racist people at the track for as long as I've been racing in NASCAR. All of that stuff that has happened to my face took place when I was coming up. And a lot of what I get now on social media is 13- and 14-year-old kids just trying to act tough. Well, I'll call them out.”

“At the end of the day, it doesn't really matter what other people think. You're out there running your own race and you want to run everybody as clean as possible.”

“It's an honor to be driving the 43.”

“My mother said, 'Did you ever believe you would be an activist?' I said, 'No, not really.' But I just felt in my heart that I needed to step up and be a leader in the forefront.”

“The people that don't want change, the ones that don't see how removing Confederate flag creates so much more opportunities for our sport to grow - they don't want our sport to grow.”