Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by Chase Elliott

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American driver Chase Elliott.
Last updated on December 23, 2024.
Chase Elliott

William Clyde "Chase" Elliott II is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 9 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Hendrick Motorsports. He won the 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series championship, becoming the first rookie to win a national series championship in NASCAR and the youngest champion in that series.

I think you should be a fan of something first if you intend to spend your life around it. You're going to have days when things don't go your way at the track. On those days, you just have to realize they happen to everybody in his sport and basically just suck it up.
Within the sports world, I think it'd be cool to go be part of a baseball game or basketball game - just something different to see what that feels like.
I'm not going to be the one that's super talkative, this or that. — © Chase Elliott
I'm not going to be the one that's super talkative, this or that.
I think that you never know what opportunity might come along or who might be watching. I just think you'd have to always keep that in mind.
I just speak what I feel like is the truth.
My parents obviously have played a huge role in my success.
I don't remember getting to see my dad race a lot until later in his career. I remember being at the track a lot. I still see a lot of pictures of myself around my dad at the track as a little kid. The racing I've known him more for is during his time racing with Ray Evernham. The rest of it was before I was ever around.
You want to strive to be the best you can be, and hopefully one of the best, if you can ever make it that far.
I don't think people realize how much that means to a driver when they see you wearing their T-shirt. It goes a long way for me.
All you can dream for is opportunity, and I've been very fortunate to have that over the years. That's all thanks to some great people.
You have to take whatever situation is thrown at you and make the best decision at the time.
I'm going to go about my business the way I like to go about it. Hopefully, that's good enough.
If you sit in a box all the time and don't do anything fun and don't live life, you're probably not going to do yourself any good. I refuse to be that way. — © Chase Elliott
If you sit in a box all the time and don't do anything fun and don't live life, you're probably not going to do yourself any good. I refuse to be that way.
I think the people that were big Bill Elliott fans, they followed me for a long time, not just since I've been in the NASCAR world.
Kelley Blue Book is raising awareness for distracted driving and trying to grow that awareness for people to make our roads safer. The biggest issue is people texting and being on their phone while driving, but it goes further than that. The safety and the awareness is so important.
I've always paid a lot of attention to the races that go on throughout the offseason, being the Snowball Derby, the Chili Bowl, Rolex 24; races that I admire and really enjoy watching.
When I'm dead and gone and my dad is dead and gone, he and I will share a championship with the last name Elliott forever. I don't think it gets any cooler than that.
The points format rewards you for having wins throughout the playoffs.
I'm also extremely grateful to Mr. Hendrick and my teammates at both Hendrick Motorsports and JR Motorsports for believing in me.
If the fans want a burnout, I'm going to give them a burnout. That's what it's going to be.
I had a lot of respect for what my dad did and the success that he had. I wanted to give it a try. He never forced me in any way to go this route. It was my decision. He would push me to work harder at it but only because it was my decision to race. If there was ever a day when I didn't want to do it any more, he would be fine.
I'm so fortunate to work with a company like NAPA. They've been behind me 100%, and I never take that support for granted.
I go about things I think is correct. It might not be, but I try to do it that way.
I've always been into 'NCIS' because my mom is a pretty big fan. I don't watch a lot of TV though.
Opportunities are opportunities, but you've got to perform and do your part to stay around.
I am only a morning person when I have to be.
Racing is all I've ever wanted to do. I love sports in general, love watching them, love going to games. I have a lot respect for athletes throughout a lot of different sports, but racing has always been what I wanted to do.
As I've always said, you have to do your job or you're not going to be around very long.
You could be in a room with somebody you don't realize you're in a room with and that first impression or something that you give off might be appreciated by someone or it might not. I'm always just being mindful of you never know who's watching.
NAPA has been a huge supporter, and I'm honored to represent them on and off the track.
There are tons of races I'd love to do over.
I don't usually socialize a ton with other people when I'm at the racetrack.
Phoenix is a unique track and we do not go anywhere like that place.
There's a lot of twisted folks and folks who don't stay true to who they are that can sometimes get led astray by work or by certain people pulling strings to make you be someone you don't want to be.
We don't have a ton of things to do as drivers. You only have a few jobs you have to do, so it's important to really make sure you do those right. Because if you do that, you'll know that you gave it your best effort even if you're struggling that weekend.
I love what I do, and I'm lucky to have the opportunities I have to go race, and that's all I can ask for.
To me, it's about the Golden Rule, really at the end of the day. Treating people as you want to be treated. I just don't feel like it's that hard to do. It's not that much to ask of someone to treat everyone with the respect they would want to be treated with. No matter what you look like or where you're from.
Good friends can have tough conversations. — © Chase Elliott
Good friends can have tough conversations.
There's so many things you can't account for that can happen during each race. I just focus on controlling what I can.
We live in a world in racing where the guy who's comfortable being uncomfortable does well.
I've done two races in the same weekend in different places before.
Of course the fans have been amazing to me, and I'm so appreciative of that.
Cars' is such a great franchise of movies, and they've done such a great job connecting with young kids and building that. It's pretty incredible, very neat to be a part of it. When I saw the first one, I never thought I'd ever have a part in one. It's different. You definitely have to get out of your comfort zone to do it.
At the end of the day, we all watch sports and we pay attention to different things here and there because we find things entertaining. But, I think if the product is entertaining, people will enjoy it and watch it. If the product isn't entertaining, they won't.
I think NASCAR and racing have been around for a long time. I certainly enjoy it, and there's a lot of connects to people. People drive to work every day, and there's a lot of genuine connection there. If people are interested in seeing that, building into that, I'm proud of what I'm a part of.
At the end of the day, you have to be good everywhere, and I want to be good everywhere.
Unfortunately, I can't sing or play any instruments. But, I love Collective Soul. They've got some good music.
Our goal is to win and win often. — © Chase Elliott
Our goal is to win and win often.
I'm going to keep doing my thing.
I don't know how people view me. At the end of the day, I'm going to try to be me and do whatever I think is right, and however people view that, they have a right to that. I'm not going to lose any sleep over it, regardless.
I'm just going to be me.
You got to live life.
I love Corey Smith, love his music.
For me, you want to be recognized as someone who is real and shoots people straight.
I'm a little biased, but the 9 looks good on top of the scoring pylon.
For me, I want to be me, stay true to that, do my thing, try to keep things simple and stay true to who I am.
Talladega is always an exciting place, a great track to host a large number of fans.
Dad has had a great following over the years.
I've probably been in some dumb situations snowboarding. I'd say snowboarding in general isn't a dangerous deal, but you can get yourself into some bad spots. Unfortunately, I have probably been pretty dumb with that in getting off the beaten path.
I drive quite a bit. I always drive myself to the airport prior to a race.
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