"Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there."

"But now in this day and age, people are more prone to go out to try new things to enhance their performance on the field - to enhance their physical appearance."

"I am a firm believer in if you can't get it the old fashioned way, you don't need it."

"As a 9th grader, I competed with the high school kids and out of 600 people, I finished 10th."

"It occurred to me in my junior year of high school. I got my first letter from a big college. I still have that letter to this day - a letter from Indiana."

"So, I got a lot of recruitment letters from track."

"First of all, I really never imagined myself being a professional athlete."

"I was a pitcher, shortstop and outfielder, and the Yankees tried to sign me out of high school as a first-round draft pick in 1981. I turned them down to go to college."

"Back before I injured my hip, I thought going to the gym was for wimps."

"I would say my greatest achievement in life right now - my greatest achievement period is - and I'm still trying to achieve it - is to be a wonderful father to my kids."

"Don't sell yourself short because without that you can't go far in life because after sports the only thing you know is sports and you can't do anything else with that."

"Being the 8th out of 10 kids, and being the one that stayed in trouble, I sort of became a momma's boy."

"My favorite driver is always either the bad guy or the underdog."

"You have a lot of people on the run and really don't have time to sit down and eat a balanced meal."

"If you have four years to complete your college education, do it."

"I love going out and doing new things."

"I guarantee you that's what Jeff Gordon does. He uses everything the fans throw at him to stoke his fire and it drives him to be better at what he does."

"I hate to blow my own horn, but I gave a lot of people fits."

"If I miss anything about the sport, it's the camaraderie of old teammates."

"I've always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me."