Top 104 Quotes & Sayings by Kyle Busch
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Last updated on November 21, 2024.
My first paycheck came from HobbyTown USA in Las Vegas. They had like planes and trains and RC cars, things like that.
I think my reputation is pretty fair among the drivers. The drivers know what they get when they see me or talk to me - if they get the chance to talk to me, because some of them I just don't talk to because I don't like them, so they should know.
I love racing and I've always enjoyed racing. I love to try and go back to the local short tracks and do those races. And sometimes I do.
Some people tell you, 'I'm your good luck charm - I've been to eight races in my life and you've won six of them' or something like that. So it's kind of like, 'Well, you need to come to more then!' Other times, fans just want to talk about previous times they've met you.
Even though Richmond is a three-quarter mile, it's a fast short track... So it gives you - maybe you could call it a false of security a little bit, but it seems to be working for me.
Obviously, you have to have some luck on your side to be successful.
We have fans who bake cookies for the team or they make cupcakes or muffins and stuff like that. And then they always ask us if we enjoyed it and how it tasted. I'm like, 'That was so long ago. I don't even remember what I had for breakfast this morning!'
For as much as I tend to run my mouth sometimes, I would have definitely stacked up better in the 1970s or the 1980s when there wasn't as much media or there wasn't as much publicity and sponsorship around the sport that you had to be PC for.
My fans are great and amazing, but there's no way all of my fans are going to be able to fill up Bristol Motor Speedway.
There's no better benefit than being out on the racetrack, learning what's going on with the track and the tire and all that stuff. To me, that's a big influence.
I'd say the late 70s were probably pretty cool. Obviously the cars weren't safe and the tracks weren't safe and all that stuff, but I think back then it was more about the driver.
We're at the top echelon of motorsports, and we've got guys who have never won Late Model races running on the racetrack. It's pathetic. They don't know where to go.
Ray Evernham and Jeff Gordon and people in the garage area always put so much stake into me.
A good driver can make up for bad equipment way more than a good car could make up for a bad driver.
Don't matter what I do, what I say, how much I try to change. You don't change perception.
You pretty much know as a driver what too fast is.
I would say I'm too guilty of dwelling on things too long.
My favorite was Jeff Gordon. I just followed him growing up because I started watching racing when he came on the scene.
Once you're a NASCAR champion, you're kind of in another elite division instead of just being a competitor or a race winner.
I like running my Super Late Models here and there and there are times when you go to those events and they are for $2,000 or $3,000 to win. There's no money involved in that; you're basically spending your money to go racing in those things but it's so enjoyable. For me, it's kind of like a golf game.
I like road-course racing.
It's funny to watch sometimes. You're walking through a crowd of people or whether you're just out there for driver intros, the amount of reaction you get and the people you're affecting is pretty funny.
I don't mind taking chances. Sometimes those chances get me in a loophole that's hard to get out of, but that's just me. That's my drive. That's my fire. That's who I am. That's who I want to be and who I feel like I am when I'm fast.
The more bodies you have out there, the more affiliations - ultimately the stronger your race team is going to be.
We put fate in other people's hands there at Talladega. You have 42 other racers and sometimes it doesn't work out for you.
Our dad is not one to impart advice or gloat or reminisce about the good old days. But he's a race car guy, been a car guy forever, and he always wants to talk about cars.
On a par 5, I can shoot a six. And on a par 3, I can shoot a six, too!
I hate that you get beat up so much about an accomplishment, but I guess that's part of life. Haters gonna hate.
Those people that are close to me understand me and know me and know who I am outside the race track as a person and a friend, and that's why I'm able to continue to have the relationships and the sponsorships that I do.
You don't really get it from NASCAR that they want you to be the bad guy or the good guy. They'll kind of joke around with you and be like, 'Hey, that was really good this past weekend. You did a great job for us. Ratings were up.'
I don't necessarily ever put a number on how many we can win in a season.
As far as fan perception, it's probably worse than it should be. I think it's getting better, but I think I still get perceived based on the things I did earlier in my career.
I would say people are most going to remember me for my skill on the racetrack, first and foremost.
I try to keep at least one or two of my firesuit designs every year.
I think I could make a 1,000 mile race. But I would definitely have to take pre-race precautions to make sure I could make it that far.
I love winning, and I hate losing.
Racing is work, so that's not a hobby.
When I was coming up through the ranks, I won a lot - and probably won too much.
For me, I love football.
I'd take winning the championship over winning a Chase race any day of the week.
I might be confident in what I do, and sometimes you can be cocky and confident because you know what your abilities are and you know what your car is going to give you.
It's fun to be the guy that can be so polarising and have that effect on so many different people.
I guess people don't like me for getting as upset as I am sometimes when I lose, but that's me.
I don't know that many guys have ever been able to accomplish being able to win at every single active track that they've made starts at, and I look forward to trying to complete that feat.
You've got guys out there that are good spokespeople for their sponsors or whatever. They do a good job of selling merchandise and all that. And then you've got guys that are just good wheel men.
Throughout your career, whether you're getting into the sport or have been it in for a number of years like me, there will always be obstacles. The important thing is how you deal with those obstacles and come back from any disappointment or setback, no matter how big or small.
I remember most all of my devoted fans, the ones who have been fans for a long time.
I want to be known as trying to be one of the best of the best - whether I get there or not, it's up to opinion.
I don't watch much golf.
Certainly, different people show their emotions in different ways. Unfortunately for me, mine has never been very gracious and I don't know that it ever will be.
Having a cellphone in your pocket, you can get anything you want anytime you want it. Right then and there, boom, you have it.
You can be as good as you can be behind the wheel physically, but you've also got to be there mentally.
I hear a lot of people who say they enjoy watching the road course races over the ovals.
I'm a big Eminem fan, so I like listening to him. My wife doesn't, though.
I watch football all the time. I enjoy getting home on Monday nights and watch 'Monday Night Football,' and 'Sunday Night Football' when we get home early enough on Sunday nights.
Toyota is competitive in anything they do.
I don't know why my success has been greater in XFINITY cars than it has been in Cup cars. It's the exact opposite for Jimmie Johnson.
I just try to go out there and be who I am and compete and bring home as many trophies as I can. That's what being a race car driver is all about and that's why I do what I do.
I like good Mexican food, and there's not a lot of that around North Carolina.
I've never been very good at slowing down.
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