Dale Earnhardt Jr. Quotes

For me, I have a chance to race in F1, a chance I did not think I would have.

If someone said to me that you can have three wishes, my first would have been to get into racing, my second to be in Formula 1, my third to drive for Ferrari.

Around 16 years old, when I was in Formula 3 and looking at potential options for the future, that's when I realized that Formula One was in the picture. But to be honest, I really just took it year by year throughout my karting years and stuff.

F3 is an important step for that, and the next step has to be Formula 2, but my goal is to step up and show what I can do.

When I said I wanted to get back racing my dream was to be an F1 driver. I didn't know how realistic that was going to be until I'd driven again.

My extensive career, with its victories and defeats, championships, etc., has been well documented. My entire life has been focused on being the best race car driver I can be.

On Memorial Day, I was out floating on Lake Norman and came across Denny Hamlin. We struck up a conversation, and one of the first things we were talking about was how much it helped him when he started racing the Cup car and how much it helped his Nationwide program.

Since I started in Nascar, popularity has definitely gone up. I've become more attractive and helpful to companies that are looking for spokespersons. So from that perspective, things are going really well.

When I turned 16, I got my driver's license like the rest of my classmates, but I also got an extra present: a two-day practice session in a Formula Ford: my first open-wheel racing car and the first step on the ladder toward becoming a professional driver.

I just go where my heart tells me, where my gut tells me to go, where I'm enjoying my life the most, where I feel like I can have the most success. I've truly enjoyed my experience in NASCAR, to the point that I want to do it full time.

I just always dreamed of racing cars, but I didn't think I could do it as a living.

I want to be up front racing.

I'm an off-road racecar driver. And I think every woman in my life has told me that's not a sensible hobby. But when I was growing, even more than I wanted to be funny, I wanted to be a racecar driver. That's all I thought about. I worked for a race team when I was 15 and I traveled with them.

My big ambition was to be Richard Petty.

You can always figure if it's a Busch race then I'm going to be at the front.

I feel gifted for having the opportunity to compete in Daytona.

To be announced as a race driver for McLaren is a dream come true.

When I showed up to drive for Dale in '01 it was a brand new team.

I'd love a racing career, but as I didn't start until I was 28 I missed years of experience.

I never really looked at Formula One like that was the long-term goal. I obviously dreamed, and my aspirations were to get to Formula One, but I really started thinking about it in Formula 3 at 16, 17 years old, and I saw that it was right in front of me.

I'd like to do a full season of IndyCar if I was going to do it I think. But whether I'll get a chance to do that, I don't know.

My goals in the future is to not just be in Formula 1. I want to be really successful, World Champion, though I guess this is like everyone! But that is what I'm targeting.

As a racing driver, everything you do is to get to Formula 1 and one day it stops.

My dad certainly has an eye for talent and he did something right getting his sons to the top of NASCAR.

I dreamed to be able to have these opportunities as a young kid. I've had the opportunity to run the best cars in the world.