Car Quote by Denny Hamlin

I try to relax and enjoy it. I don't really get nervous, I get excited! I love training, but my main excitement comes from…

— Liam Tancock

There's so many things you can't account for that can happen during each race. I just focus on controlling what I can.

— Chase Elliott

I've learned over the years that if you start thinking about the race, it stresses you out a little bit. I just try to…

— Usain Bolt

As stressful as it can be trying to plan out your moves and think about the race, I think I do better when I'm…

— Ricky Stenhouse Jr

Once I get to a competition I just really get in my zone...I just stay calm and focused, and I don't let anything distract…

— Jordyn Wieber

From what I've learned I need to do, is let everything else go and focus on finishing the race and having fun.

— Bubba Wallace

I really don't (stay calm) all the time. I just try to. Part of not just racing but in life, I try not to…

— Matt Kenseth

Sometimes, when I walk out onto the track I think, 'What am I doing here? Why do I put myself through this?' But that's…

— Kelly Holmes

Once in a great while I miss the racing, the feeling of winning. That rush. That adrenaline.

— Tyler Hamilton

People's brains work differently. The brain is like a muscle and you have to train it, keep it active, keep active in races. I…

— Mark Cavendish

My habit is to get real competitive and make racing probably more work than it is enjoyable, and I put a lot of pressure…

— Dale Earnhardt Jr

I am always nervous before the start of a race. It helps me to say to myself to try my very best. That is…

— Dean Karnazes