Dale Earnhardt Jr.

“My favorite thing to do... is to get my big trailer grill and smoke some meat and sit around with my buddies all day for 12 hours cooking that and then eat at the end of the day.”

“Man, I was a troubled kid. I was going to get kicked out of a Christian school and got sent to military school for a year and a half, and I didn't really have much direction until I got the opportunity to drive race cars.”

“I like to sit around the pool, listen to music, barbecue, grill, stuff like that. Just the guy next door, I guess.”

“I had a couple of chances to go inside the broadcast booth when I was out of the car in 2016 and loved it a lot.”

“People get surprised when they see you out buying a DVD at Best Buy like somebody else should be doing it for you or something! They're like, 'What are you doing your grocery shopping for?' Well, 'cause I'm starving!”

“I've done everything I ever thought I would do. I've done more than I thought I was capable of doing.”

“I don't know of any other driver on the track that doesn't get hot under the collar.”

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

“There is nothing like winning a race.”

“I'm a big fan of Myron Mixon. I've read a couple of his books, and I've learned the little bit that I know about barbecue from those books.”

“I always think about my dad. He's always in the back of my mind. That helps me make good decisions. It has an influence on my life in every decision and everything I do.”

“I'm competitive, man. Competitive.”

“Sometimes, you know, you - drivers are worried about being misdiagnosed and maybe missing a race when they don't really have a concussion. But you can never take the risk there. It's just too dangerous to layer concussions.”

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

“I want to continue to be a part of the sport, and not just as an owner in the Nascar Xfinity Series. I want to be a valuable asset to the growth of the sport and continue to help raise the bar and raise the awareness of the sport and promote the sport as much as I can.”

“I've always wanted to win a championship so badly.”

“I definitely find myself, as I get older, a lot more aware and concerned with the health of the sport.”

“I love running good because it meets expectations, whether it's the fans' or my own. And I know that they come to be entertained: they pull for a particular driver to be entertained by that driver's success and that driver's personality, and they relate to that individual.”

“I went from thinking, 'I wonder if I can be a broadcaster. Will anybody give me a chance? Maybe I can get a shot at it,' to thinking, 'Man, I want to do this for a long time.'”

“I like 'Man v. Food,' 'Diners Drive-ins and Dives.' 'Restaurant Impossible' is pretty good, too.”