Best Jeff Gordon Quotes & Sayings

I guarantee you that's what Jeff Gordon does. He uses everything the fans throw at him to stoke his fire and it drives him to be better at what he does. — Bo Jackson

Being up front is the only place to be. — Jeff Gordon

I still think we have a great shot at this championship. — Jeff Gordon

It took only three years for Jonathan Papelbon to surpass Bill Campbell, Lee Smith, Tom Gordon, Sparky Lyle, Derek Lowe, Jeff Reardon, Ellis Kinder, and Dick Radatz as he climbed the franchise leader board into second place all-time for saves. Papelbon closed out 2008 with 113 career saves - and on July 1, 2009, with his 20th save of the season he surpassed Bob Stanley to become the all-time franchise leader in saves. — Tucker Elliot

In our business, just getting to 40 means something ... that's why I think sometimes you have to just live in the moment. You have to enjoy life to its fullest. — Jeff Gordon

Either you focus, or you hit something really hard. — Jeff Gordon

You know, sometimes guys work with other guys because they're buddies off the track, not necessarily because they're buddies on the track. Sometimes you've got that going against you or for you. — Jeff Gordon

I don't feel I'm a step above anyone on this team. I'm just another link in the chain. — Jeff Gordon

I don't like to get beat in anything! — Jeff Gordon

We have to keep our fans watching not just at home on TV but here at the racetrack too. This is where you sell people on the speed and excitement of racing. — Jeff Gordon

I'll do a little prayer here and there if I feel the need to. — Jeff Gordon

I want to force the other drivers to find a way past me. — Jeff Gordon

Racing is not what I like to do; it's winning. — Jeff Gordon

We are somewhat amused by the hysteria manifest in the press at the suggestion by Gordon Liddy that if one is menaced by bad guys (particularly the ninja) one is wise to shoot for the head. That statement has got a whole bunch of journalists and commentators bleeding from the nose. One wonders why it should. Where else should you shoot a man if he is probably wearing an armored vest? If you decide to shoot you have made the big decision. Where you place your shot is merely a technical matter. — Jeff Cooper

My career in racing started at a very young age in California. — Jeff Gordon

Yeah, I've made some mistakes. Every guy makes mistakes. — Jeff Gordon

As fast as we're going these days, especially because of the aerodynamics, we're all concerned about abusing tires. It's so fast that you're afraid of what you're going to do to the tires. — Jeff Gordon

I want to race as long as I'm having fun, it's competitive and healthy, and who knows when that, you know, date comes when that's not happening anymore. — Jeff Gordon

When you're in a race car, you're going through so many different emotions throughout that race. — Jeff Gordon

When you've got the Daytona 500 out there at stake and everything riding on the line, guys go for it, and the guys that go for it are the ones that are either going to win or they're going to wreck. — Jeff Gordon

Jeff [Gordon] doesn't sit down and explain things. We don't sit and have meetings where I'm the student. He really teaches by example. I've learned a lot on and off the racetrack. — Jimmie Johnson

In NASCAR, you don't have to be as physically strong as in some other forms of racing. You've just got to be able to endure the heat and endurance of it. — Jeff Gordon

The business model of racing is not a pretty one. — Jeff Gordon

You are going to make choices and decisions that sometimes aren't going to always work in your favor and they are going to upset some other people. — Jeff Gordon

In California, especially Northern California, the fans really cheer for me. — Jeff Gordon

If somebody tells me, 'You have to pass that car right there,' I guarantee you I'm going to step up the aggressiveness to a whole other level and that may mean beating and banging. But until it calls for that moment, I'm not expecting to go out there and just beat and bang for no reason. — Jeff Gordon

So much of my life is spent just focused on driving race cars. — Jeff Gordon

You've got to be the best person you can be in your life. — Jeff Gordon

My image lends itself a little bit more to the modern fan, sometimes more toward the kids, and I guess more toward the wine drinkers ... I mean, I have my own wine, and fans love to pull for people they relate to. — Jeff Gordon

I think driving in New York is a great experience. A lot more racing techniques go into it than anyplace else I've ever driven. There basically are no lanes. — Jeff Gordon

I think everyone would love to see Jeff Gordon lose or get run into the wall, but I think he uses that - similar to me. — Bo Jackson

I think perception is important. — Jeff Gordon