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> [Everyone who has ever aspired to be a stock car driver wants to win the Daytona 500. If someone says that it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-waltrip/everyone-who-has-ever-aspired-to-be-a-stock-car-driver-wants-to-win/)

[Michael Waltrip](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-waltrip/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a4/michael-waltrip-4880_better_everyone-who-has-ever-aspired-to-be-a-st_502412.jpg)

> [As a driver, you always want to win every race, but as a car owner you know that isn't very realistic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-waltrip/as-a-driver-you-always-want-to-win-every-race-but-as-a-car-owner-you/)

[Michael Waltrip](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-waltrip/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b3/michael-waltrip-4880_car_as-a-driver-you-always-want-to-win-every_1995299.jpg)

> [You have faith in who you are as a driver and stay strong when things go wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-waltrip/you-have-faith-in-who-you-are-as-a-driver-and-stay-strong-when-things/)

[Michael Waltrip](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-waltrip/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59c/michael-waltrip-4880_driver_you-have-faith-in-who-you-are-as-a-drive_2430217.jpg)

> [Obviously you can make a pretty good living these days as a crew member or a crew chief or as a driver.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-waltrip/obviously-you-can-make-a-pretty-good-living-these-days-as-a-crew/)

[Michael Waltrip](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-waltrip/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e0/michael-waltrip-4880_days_obviously-you-can-make-a-pretty-good-liv_2432269.jpg)

> [I've been a pretty impatient driver my entire life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-waltrip/i-ve-been-a-pretty-impatient-driver-my-entire-life/)

[Michael Waltrip](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-waltrip/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97b/michael-waltrip-4880_been_i-ve-been-a-pretty-impatient-driver-my-e_2490265.jpg)

> [When you're not successful, people look at the driver and say, 'what's wrong with him?' and sometimes the drivers look back and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-waltrip/when-you-re-not-successful-people-look-at-the-driver-and-say-what-s/)

[Michael Waltrip](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-waltrip/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/789/michael-waltrip-4880_driver_when-you-re-not-successful-people-look-a_2506119.jpg)

## Other authors on Driver

## More by Michael Waltrip

> [You have to think that if you're starting first instead of 31st you've got a better chance to win.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-waltrip/you-have-to-think-that-if-you-re-starting-first-instead-of-31st-you/)

[Michael Waltrip](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-waltrip/)

> [I understand the relationships between the crew chiefs and the engineering or between fabrication and the body shop.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-waltrip/i-understand-the-relationships-between-the-crew-chiefs-and-the/)

[Michael Waltrip](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-waltrip/)

> [No matter what town we went to, if there was a comedian playing, I'd go watch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-waltrip/no-matter-what-town-we-went-to-if-there-was-a-comedian-playing-i-d-go/)

[Michael Waltrip](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-waltrip/)

> [The racing team is the most important thing in the world to me. It's where all my eggs are fully in that basket. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-waltrip/the-racing-team-is-the-most-important-thing-in-the-world-to-me-it-s/)

[Michael Waltrip](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-waltrip/)

> [When you've been ridiculed and talked about as much as I have over the course of my career, pressure doesn't exist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-waltrip/when-you-ve-been-ridiculed-and-talked-about-as-much-as-i-have-over/)

[Michael Waltrip](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-waltrip/)

> [I like to tell my own story using my personality and my insight, the way I see things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-waltrip/i-like-to-tell-my-own-story-using-my-personality-and-my-insight-the/)

[Michael Waltrip](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-waltrip/)

> [And Dale Jr., Dale's son, and Dale and I all raced to the checkered - were racing toward the checkered, which would have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-waltrip/and-dale-jr-dale-s-son-and-dale-and-i-all-raced-to-the-checkered-were/)

[Michael Waltrip](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-waltrip/)

> [I really love the camaraderie you can share amongst some buddies, and the ability to laugh, enjoy the afternoon, enjoy the day. Golf brings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-waltrip/i-really-love-the-camaraderie-you-can-share-amongst-some-buddies-and/)

[Michael Waltrip](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-waltrip/)

> [The drivability of an engine is a big part of the setup on a road course. If you can't squeeze the gas down you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-waltrip/the-drivability-of-an-engine-is-a-big-part-of-the-setup-on-a-road/)

[Michael Waltrip](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-waltrip/)

> [I'm pretty comfortable in a car to know what I'm doing, and I'm exactly the opposite onstage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-waltrip/i-m-pretty-comfortable-in-a-car-to-know-what-i-m-doing-and-i-m/)

[Michael Waltrip](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-waltrip/)

> [I always thought if you run a Marathon in less than 4 hours, there is a tick of athletic accomplishment in that. Anything over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-waltrip/i-always-thought-if-you-run-a-marathon-in-less-than-4-hours-there-is/)

[Michael Waltrip](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-waltrip/)

> [NAPA has been with me from winning two Daytona 500s, to missing races with a new start-up team, and back to victory lane again.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-waltrip/napa-has-been-with-me-from-winning-two-daytona-500s-to-missing-races/)

[Michael Waltrip](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-waltrip/)

> [When there are challenges like there were up to and after Daytona in 2001, you remind yourself it will one day make sense why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-waltrip/when-there-are-challenges-like-there-were-up-to-and-after-daytona-in/)

[Michael Waltrip](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-waltrip/)

> [The Daytona 500 is what it is because of the tradition and history of this great event. People have been coming out in February…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-waltrip/the-daytona-500-is-what-it-is-because-of-the-tradition-and-history-of/)

[Michael Waltrip](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-waltrip/)

> [Well, my favorite memory of a president was in 1984. I was in the grandstands at Daytona, and maybe I was 20 years old.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-waltrip/well-my-favorite-memory-of-a-president-was-in-1984-i-was-in-the/)

[Michael Waltrip](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-waltrip/)

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