Dale Earnhardt Jr. Quotes

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

Dale Earnhardt was kind of a hero of mine.

LeBron James, I just love watching him play. I love his work ethic and all the things he stands for.

I wish Michael Schumacher would come try NASCAR. That'd be cool.

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

Andre Johnson, one of the hardest workers.

When someone tells me they've never been to a race, I tell them that the first one they should go to is Bristol, Tennesee. The shape of the track, the energy, and excitement under the lights is similar to what you might get at a stick-and-ball game in college football or the NFL.

I think one of my biggest lessons so far in life is that hard work really does pay off. It may not culminate in the way you expected it to, but I have found that when I really put my head down and apply myself, I often get a good result.

The most unbearable thing about many successful people is not - as we flatteringly think - how lazy they are, but how hard they work.

It's [F1] your life. You're focused on just one thing and there's no room for anything else. Friends don't necessarily understand, because the way you think about life develops completely differently to how it does for normal people.

Effort is grossly underrated.

I think my secret is that there's no shortcuts for hard work, determination and having that don't give up attitude.

I think I work hard. I think I dedicate myself to the game and sacrifice a lot of things at a young age, and I know if I continue to do good, what I can get out of it.

Lil Wayne is a person who I think is really deserving of the success he's had. I'm someone who can stay in the studio 24-7, and I've watched him stay in there just as long. He has a creativeness about him that I love.

He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work hard.]

I think people sometimes don't pay enough attention to what they do. I've done well, but the reason is pretty simple: I've worked my ass off. The toughest thing a performer can do is make it look as if it comes easy.

Hard work, dedication!

Because I don't see Virgin as a company but as a way of life and I fully enjoy it, I don't think I'll ever retire.

We have seen some of the greatest athletes fall because they have tried to take shortcuts. I'm not going to call any names but we talk about guys that was like at the top of their game that people just idolized. They looked in awe and all of a sudden you see them just come tumbling down because they want to take shortcuts. I think it's more rewarding when you do it the old fashioned way.

Hell itself must yield to industry.

If you are hardworking and determined, you will make it and that's the bottom line. I don't believe in an easy way through.

I've had smarter people around me all my life, but I haven't run into one yet that can outwork me. And if they can't outwork you, then smarts aren't going to do them much good.

My idol when I was growing up was Michael Jordan the basketball player because of his work ethic rather than his talent and because of what he went through to be as good as he was.

You might not be able to outthink, outmarket or outspend your competition, but you can outwork them.

Definitely people like Kanye, inspired me to work hard. He's somebody who I've seen put that grind in over the years.