Rick Hendrick Quotes (24 Quotes)

I thought it was a cheap shot, it was disappointing and not true.

Obviously, mine's not. But our organization is... . If you look at the No. 5 Busch and the No. 25 Vickers and how well they've been running. And the No. 48 is up there battling for the championship.

The more, the merrier. It's good for the sport.

When we run like we ran Sunday, we don't need to be in the chase. It won't make any difference. If you can't be in it and win it or have a shot at it.

I went to sleep thinking that wasn't going to happen. Then we woke up one day and it was like, 'Oh, this is going to happen and it's going to cost us a fortune to switch over.' Nobody likes change. But we started talking about it and we've come up with a plan. It's coming, it's going to be there and let's make it the best we can.

We wanted to be more low-key and not so energized all the time.

We don't plan to appeal anything. We're leaving the door open because if the penalty is something wild and crazy, then we would surely be open for an appeal.

Everyone on that plane believed in what we do, and they wound up giving up their lives for it, ... No matter how much it hurts -- and it hurts a lot -- we have to go on and try to honor them by what we do from here on out.

Our son placed a great importance on doing one's part to help others. He had a passion for making a difference in people's lives, which is exactly what Levine Children's Hospital will do for families of this region.

It is to the glory of God that I present the Kimberly Hendrick scholarship award to Christy Connors,

I don't understand the attack on my brother. I thought it was a cheap shot and disappointing and not true . . . This accident was probably the most hurtful thing that ever happened to anybody and everybody that had family on those planes. They suffered a lot.

I don't think you'll ever see someone so young do what Kyle has managed to do. Kyle has always been fast and aggressive. He's blown me away with his absolute car control.

Hendrick's son, Ricky, killed in a plane wreck last year, had worked closely with Busch. Ricky had so much confidence in Kyle and the structure of the two teams, and to see the two cars run like that, and Kyle to win, and become the youngest guy.... ... Kyle has done a super job. He got a lot of criticism early on that he was too young. But I'm just really proud.

It's fun to watch him drive, ... We're just happy we got him in the stable.

Chad made the comment to me that he's not going to walk so close to the edge. We just want to get on with life. This is not fun for the team. This is not fun for me.

We want to get on with life. This was all hard on the team and the sponsors, so moving on is the way we'd rather do it. It's our fault, and I wish they had done whatever they're going to do - either today or tomorrow - last week and been done with it.

Having the name Jimmie Johnson on the store creates a lot of excitement. It reconnects Jimmie with his roots. At the same time, it's like his own 401(k) program.

For somebody to take a shot at him is totally disappointing and hurtful to my family, my mother, his wife and child. For Dianne to say we turned our back on her or nobody helped her. I paid Randy's bonus in '04. I paid him six months in '05. She got a BMW. I paid her insurance. ... When you attack my family personally when we've done everything we can, I was very disappointed in Diane and I thought it was uncalled for and inaccurate.

We understand NASCAR's position. Our expectations for the team remain high. It's a deep, championship-caliber group and they'll step up this weekend.

It would be a disappointment if all four of our teams don't qualify for the Chase.

It's good to see Richard walking with that step he had when I saw him in the garage area. I kind of bowed to Robbie and said, 'You're the man when I looked up on the board.' It's good for the sport. It's real good.

We had a big meeting with all the employees on campus and we put up a lot of bonus money. We want all four in the Chase.

All have become regional leaders. It's a great tie-in. It's been proven time and again that NASCAR fans are extremely loyal to the sponsors of their sport. So this makes sense from every angle.

Jim Hunter (NASCAR vice president) walked in our pits and said we're going to check the tire pressures, ... What I didn't understand in the beginning was if you blow a tire and hit the wall and your pressures were too low, we're going to take points. And I thought, 'well how are you going to check pressures in a right front after the wreck' So then we were told they were coming through checking them and if your pressures were too low that they could take points.