Find Quote by Denny Hamlin

Racing takes everything you've got -- intellectually, emotionally, physically -- and then you have to find about ten percent more and use that too.

— Janet Guthrie

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

Some days you really don't feel like racing and you have a great performance, some days you feel great and you have a mediocre…

— Edwin Moses

I find motivation within myself. I run track not from a competitive Nature, but because I'm a very goal-oriented person.

— Gail Devers

At the end of the day I'm not racing for recognition, I'm not racing for popularity, that's not who I am. I'm focused on…

— Chris Froome

It's not hard to motivate myself because once you get a taste for winning races, you simply don't want to do anything else. You…

— Tony McCoy

I just feel people can see, when I'm 100 percent, I am running hard. I can do pretty good.

— Peyton Hillis

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

Motivation is the key. More than training, more than experience or age, motivation counts. You have to ask yourself: 'Why am I racing?' I…

— Valentino Rossi

I guess it is the sense of personal satisfaction that racing gives you that I am probably going to miss, because in racing you…

— Bobby Rahal

If you are relaxing and subconsciously thinking about your coming race, you are going to perform at just about 100 percent efficiency.

— Mark Spitz

I am not motivated by recognition, I just do things I like doing - racing, shagging, eating and drinking.

— David Coulthard