Top 112 Quotes & Sayings by Denny Hamlin
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American driver Denny Hamlin.
Last updated on November 22, 2024.
It's hard to find the motivation to perform at 100 percent when you're trying to find yourself, trying to figure out what feel you need, really when you feel like you're not racing for anything.
I just hear Montreal is nice, especially during the summer months. It's supposed to be a clean city. The races I've watched up there, it always looked like a good time.
I'd say most qualifying sessions in the Chase are about the only times I get nervous, because qualifying is so important. A lot of times, when you're fast in practice, you have to live back up to those expectations in actual qualifying.
I've taken quite a few risks on the ski slopes. Like if I'm a green-level skier, I'm going on the blacks just because it's hard and a challenge. That's probably not the best idea.
I'd say probably Dale Earnhardt was the biggest autograph I got when I was a kid, mainly because it was so hard to get it. His lines were way longer and it nearly took an act of God to get his autograph.
I'd say I'm moody, I'd say I'm temperamental. But within my certain group of friends and family, I'm very open and outgoing and joke around a lot.
Outside of the track, I love sports.
If you're relying on winning for happiness, you're going to be a miserable individual.
You think about someone's well-being or someone's health as obviously being way more important, than any sporting event you could win.
I've never been one of the top five or six most popular guys ever. I think the most popular I've ever been was probably my first two years in the Cup Series, and that's probably because they just - 'It's the new guy and he's successful and sure, we like him.'
If you had 25 races or 20 races, something like that, there'd be more of a demand for the race ticket. I think you'd probably see better racing because of it, too, honestly. Because the less chances we have to get wins, the more aggressive we're going to be.
I think that it's a benefit to have distractions because you don't overconsume yourself with what-ifs and you end up second-guessing yourself.
If I play a round of golf with a pro, it's with Bubba Watson.
The Daytona 500 is always special.
Obviously the fuel mapping pace is a lot of what happens with your strategy, whether you choose to go full rich or not.
Back when I was racing go-karts, I would be a complete jokester. I'd crack up with the guys around me, I just was horsing around with everyone. But as soon as we got our go-karts to the grid and I put on my helmet, my daddy always used tell me, 'You turn into a completely different person.'
I've paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines for Tweets and whatnot. I express my opinion.
Something about my personality fans just have not latched onto and probably never will.
There are a lot of people making money in NASCAR, so let's help it be SAFER barriers where they should be - especially at these very very fast racetracks.
What people don't realize is they mistake my shyness for cockiness most of the time.
I almost always remember a picture I took with someone. If they said, 'Hey, here's a picture of us from five years ago,' and if I look at the picture, I almost always remember that specific time.
Mistakes happen in racing.
We're way underpaid as race car drivers.
I've always been an introvert.
I know at times I've been very guilty of being too honest at times or too opinionated at times and it costs you a nickel or two.
These short tracks are about patience. You have to show patience.
Usually if I wreck someone, it's on purpose - because I don't wreck a lot of people.
I always said when I was in Late Models, all I ever wanted was when I pull out on the racetrack, people feel like I'm the guy to beat.
I never liked reading books or reading anything - I'm a pictures guy.
I have a picture of Texas Motor Speedway with highlighted areas of the racetrack where there are no SAFER barriers - and it's an overwhelming amount of spots.
I was 16. I wrecked my truck and the only way I could pay to fix it was to get a job. So I applied at a Subway.
I really like 'Million Dollar Listing Miami.'
I'm different than the normal NASCAR driver, I listen to hip-hop music.
I think my reputation among peers is probably different than my reputation among fans. My peers know me pretty well and so it's fairly accurate. I think I'm respected among my peers.
I nearly slept through my entire senior year. I'm fairly convinced they just gave me a diploma just to get me out of school.
Danica Patrick, even if she was not super successful results-wise, did a lot for our sport and its visibility. That was an element that fans really did appreciate, and it brought some awareness and different eyes to out sport.
When you go an entire year or more without winning, it makes you appreciate when you get back there.
There's too much that I'd like to do outside of racing to do this until I'm 50 or whatever.
Listen... it's one versus 38. You win 10% of the time, you're a Hall of Famer.
I like to make sure I eat as soon as the drivers meeting is over. Then I like to take at least a 15-minute nap or so before the race starts, just to kind of get refreshed. That's something I try to do every time.
Each driver has some particular style, and you compete against each driver in each race a little bit differently.
Somebody needs to cut their profit margin and contribute to making our sport safer.
I think our sport is much better off with a successful female driver in NASCAR.
Gosh, I'm so different from what I used to be.
You've got to analyze and figure out where your deficits are and go to work on them, and then sometimes, it's how you respond that makes you a great leader or not.
Richmond is just the ideal racetrack.
I think the reason I was successful in my rookie season is because I was having a lot of fun.
I think I'm just quiet, and I don't talk a whole lot.
Obviously there's a big financial commitment when it comes to starting a Cup team.
I'm the most underrated driver.
You're a competitor, you want to win. Especially when you have a great opportunity to win.
I like to get wild sometimes with my shoes, but I don't venture too far out with shoe colors.
For a season, I would say driver is 40%, car/team is 40% and then 20% is luck when it comes to winning a championship.
I always have to work on my flexibility to help my back, and Pilates helps the most.
We try to do our best to give honest answers and sometimes those aren't always the best thing.
I would say a lot of people think I'm too serious at times, but actually I feel like I'm the opposite away from the camera and everything. I feel like I have a good time, but you rarely see pictures of me in the garage with a smile on my face, even though I am happy. I guess I just don't always show it.
I just constantly judge myself based off my performance. When performance isn't good, I let it bring everything down.
I don't go into these Daytona 500s expecting to win. I go into it hoping to win, but definitely not expecting because there's just too many moving parts and pieces for you to guarantee your success.
Every time the races would come to Richmond, my mom would have a sheet of where each driver was doing appearances. And we'd go on a Thursday night road trip to each stop to get each driver's autograph.
Even in the middle of races, when things don't go well, I don't let it bother me nearly as much as I used to in the past.
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