A biography for Bubba Wallacehasn’t been written yet.
“My African-American friends thought it was cool that I was racing. It's not like we had any role models out there to look up to, so everyone understood I was doing something very different.”
“I just kind of go by the theory of, 'Don't knock it until you try it.'”
“NASCAR - everybody thinks redneck, Confederate flags, racists. And I hate it. I hate it because I know NASCAR is so much more.”
“You know, it helps having an African American driver behind the wheel. I'm representing that culture and that background. But a lot of background pressure, I don't really put that on me. I know I have enough pressure to go out and perform every week.”
“My mom told me, every weekend, always stay positive no matter what the circumstances. Stuff's gonna go down. It's not gonna be your race. Media is gonna take the bad before the good.”
“From what I've learned I need to do, is let everything else go and focus on finishing the race and having fun.”
“It's true, black lives do matter. It's not that we're saying no other lives matter.”
“We are much more than just drivers who drive a race car.”
“I try to represent myself and my team the best that I can.”
“You try to be the best you can and sometimes it ain't damn good enough.”
“I'll never be intimidated by somebody, and I will treat you will respect as long as I'm treated with respect.”
“It's actually one of the only things that I do that I don't get frustrated over. Everything else I do - racing, golf, video games - those things I want to win at. With photography, I think the camera wins every time.”
“I don't really watch much TV. I'm usually into movies.”
“When you sign up to become something, you're signing up to become something larger than yourself. Represent something more than yourself.”
“We have that platform to tell something and that voice to tell people we have got to stop and change our ways. That's just how I think about it.”
“It's simple-minded people like that, the ones that are afraid of change, they use everything in their power to defend what they stand up for instead of trying to listen and understand what's going on.”
“I need to go out there and run my own race, and have fun with it.”
“I've stood for the national anthem ever since grade school. It's a patriotic thing for me. I understand what Colin Kaepernick and others are doing, but it's not for me.”
“I encourage people to have those tough conversations just to educate yourself on what goes on and how we can create equality in the world and grow together as one.”
“Nobody loves finishing second, as we've seen in past races. It's a sport that you want to get everything you can out of it, but sometimes it just doesn't work out.”