Mark Martin Quotes (66 Quotes)

We got the lead before halfway and led the whole race, and that's a formula for heartbreak in my world because more often than not something happens to spoil that.

People earn their respect. Tony has earned my respect. He has earned every ounce of the respect he has on and off the race track.

I think it made the drivers and the teams take a more aggressive approach to safety. I had no interest in the HANS until after his accident.

It wasn't very good to start with, and they stepped up to the plate and made it great. It certainly is a place that the drivers love to go race at and the fans love to go watch.

So far it's been really good. There is a lot of time for things to change, but so far our AAA Fusion has been awesome. The guys have been fantastic, and I'm having the time of my life.

I couldn't quit. I couldn't quit racing. Racing is my life. It's been my life since I was 15 years old.

The Falcon Press was already in existence when I came to Florence four years ago. I wanted to revive the program and see if we couldn't make it into something really special. We added the area in the hall near the book rack where students can sit for a few minutes and read, and above that one of our parents has painted a falcon, which is the school's mascot, with a book in its mouth. We added spotlights before school started this year so we could spotlight our authors.

We hope to learn enough to help us all year. We will be testing everything from springs, shocks, and a variety of different set-ups.

That would be cheating. I wasn't raised that way.

Over a period of time, cream rises to the top, and five teams made it because five teams were incredible in '05. There's no reason we shouldn't have as good a year as last year.

When you consider there were 991 teams from throughout the state, coming anywhere in the top five or ten is a great honor and we came in third. It says something about the quality of our kids.

I would have to say if I was in that situation, I might have handled it differently, but I didn't miss The Chase the last two years. You have to always put yourself in the same shoes.

Todd (Bodine) was really strong and he ran a really smart race. I just had to make sure I kept them behind me and I didn't have to do that long because the caution came back out.

I give the name of the book, a little about the story and a lot about the author. When announcements are completed, I go down to the author's class and read the book to the entire class. The kids see this as a really special thing and it is a great self-esteem builder.

The oceanfront property owners, once we know how much it's going to cost, they will be paying a huge assessment.

I've turned over a new leaf. On TV, Kenny Wallace said I was a pessimist after Charlotte, so I got mad. Now I am so excited about coming back that I just can't stand it. I wish we were starting tomorrow and I'm going to win That's the new me.

I know it's exciting racing to watch, but golly I didn't even get to work up a sweat. I guess its God's will for me to finish last today. I'm ok and we'll finish this one off and we'll worry about next year.

I had no interest in the HANS until after the accident with Dale. And then I took the information that we knew about HANS devices more seriously.

I hope people don't forget what kind of truly fierce competitor he was.

Atlanta is definitely one of my favorite tracks. From top to bottom it's one of my favorite places that we race. It's a fast track and over time the pavement has settled and you have a lot of grooves for racing, which really makes for good racing and a good show for the fans.

It has had a significant impact on everyone in motor sports, from the safety side of it. Everyone got aggressive on safety, from NASCAR all the way down to grass roots racing.

Some of our students draw their own illustrations and others use photos or other pictures to illustrate their book. We have no guidelines that say a book has to be done a certain way. And no books are turned down every book we received is published.

First and foremost, we need as a group to stop wrecking all the time. There's no point in that and, hopefully, maybe we'll make some headway with that.

I hate crying wolf and never say never. My primary racing is going to be the truck series for the championship.

This is probably the best time in my life and I just don't realize it. I've worked 47 years to be where I am today, and it's all downhill from here, so I better be enjoying it.

Look, Tony is 100 percent right - we are going to maim or kill somebody real soon if we don't do something. Something has to happen and I applaud NASCAR for taking the first step. But we still have major issues.

No matter what anybody thinks, the highlight of my racing career has been running IROC and I was thinking about this championship even before Daytona. This means the world to me.

It really looks like I'm going to be in the 6 car next year. It's looking more and more like that all the time.

That's fine. That's OK. Getting out of Cup racing is going to be no problem for me because I've had such a great career. It's been a dream come true for mefor a kid from Arkansasand you can't judge a man by the trophies he has, you know You judge him by h

It brings sometimes higher prices, sometimes lower prices. It takes away that egalitarian, lowest common denominator for prices.

I learned a lot. I knew I had a lot to learn because it's been so long, but that sure did show up there today.

The practice in Las Vegas is important to us for a number of reasons. It's big because we are limited in our test sessions, so what we learn in Vegas will help us the rest of the season.

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Humpy has tried to make it better ... but he shouldn't have tried to manipulate this racetrack in the first place. I don't know why it had to be more exciting for the fans than it was, because it was a great racetrack.

I thought I might be able to beat him to the line off of (turn) four, but he had more momentum.

Well, it's a lot harder work when you get my age to get it done. But we're working real hard to get it done, and I'm having the time of my life. As of right now, this is the best it's ever been.

You go into those things knowing that that kind of thing can happen at Talladega and you just hope that you don't get in it. We haven't done a very good job of not getting in it and we were once again in the wrong place at the wrong time on Sunday. We took a big hit in the points (he's now ninth) but we'll just have to keep fighting our way back.

Carl has worked harder, he's paid more attention than any driver I've ever had contact with. He's asked more questions than anyone ever has of me.

I'm not sure that just because rookie Reed Sorenson didn't have to race cars to put food on the table doesn't mean that he can't be as passionate. It's a different time and a different age. But certainly as an old-school guy, I don't think I have the words for it yet to explain why Earnhardt was able to have the kind of impact that he had on the sport.

I knew on the last restart I had to get going. I got a great jump. I knew I was ahead a little bit coming off turn four, then he got to rubbing me a little bit and I could feel the wind got him and he started to get the momentum. The finish line got there just in time.

I guess maybe we needed another lap, or maybe I would have crashed trying. I raced Greg hard and I raced him clean and vice versa and he was in front when it was over.

He did a fabulous job. He was giving everything he had, and I'm happy that he's gotten an opportunity to drive a Cup car. (He) made the most of it.

I don't know what my contribution to that is. I've just done what I thought was right all along, and, if that's a credit to Roush Racing, then good. If it's a good example for other people that work here, drivers and what have you, then good. You know But I can't take any credit for it.

They looked at the racetrack and said, 'How can I manipulate this to make it more exciting' ... That's what we dealt with in May, which was, in my opinion, not the right thing to do.

When you start looking at everything, it sure seems like his original plan was to abduct Kim.

I'm having a good time. I'd have more fun if I had a little more time on my hands.

Most of my memories of the old days are of Dale. And I love those memories. There just won't be another one like him.

The championship trophy doesn't make the man. Had I had that trophy, it wouldn't change my life at all right now.

I love racing with Todd Bodine and Ted (Musgrave) and (Mike) Skinner and all these guys. They are really good drivers.

He has been back there knocking on the door and tonight he put it up front at the end.