A biography for Denny Hamlinhasn’t been written yet.
“I'm very confident I'll win my championship before my career is over.”
“There's no doubt, doing what we do, the schedule that we have and the danger that we incur every single week, NASCAR drivers should be making NBA, NFL money.”
“I almost always remember a picture I took with someone. If they said, 'Hey, here's a picture of us from five years ago,' and if I look at the picture, I almost always remember that specific time.”
“Championships, I get it, it's very, very important. But I also know that my competitors will probably say that I'm one of the toughest competitors and toughest guys to beat. That's all I really care about, is having the respect of them.”
“I think the reason I was successful in my rookie season is because I was having a lot of fun.”
“It's interesting to see how guys who have been successful at the top level of their sport carry themselves.”
“Anytime you have adversity or something that you self-inflict on yourself, you typically always have a chip on your shoulder to make sure that you're not the weak link.”
“If I play a round of golf with a pro, it's with Bubba Watson.”
“Communication is key to having a good team.”
“Every time the races would come to Richmond, my mom would have a sheet of where each driver was doing appearances. And we'd go on a Thursday night road trip to each stop to get each driver's autograph.”
“When two teams skirmish with each other or the two drivers don't like talking to each other, all you do is go backward. There's no doubt about it.”
“I like challenges, and Darlington is the biggest challenge on the circuit.”
“I think that sometimes you just have off years. That's just part of major sports. You have off years, and it happens.”
“Usually if I wreck someone, it's on purpose - because I don't wreck a lot of people.”
“I'll win the Coca-Cola 600 and the Brickyard.”
“I'm different than the normal NASCAR driver, I listen to hip-hop music.”
“It's something I've always done - speak my mind - and it's not always in my best interest to do that. But if someone asks me a question, I'm always going to give my 100 percent honest answer, and that's the best I can do.”
“I never liked reading books or reading anything - I'm a pictures guy.”
“I like to make sure I eat as soon as the drivers meeting is over. Then I like to take at least a 15-minute nap or so before the race starts, just to kind of get refreshed. That's something I try to do every time.”
“Mistakes happen in racing.”