Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.
Don't sell yourself short because without that you can't go far in life because after sports the only thing you know is sports and you can't do anything else with that.
As a 9th grader, I competed with the high school kids and out of 600 people, I finished 10th.
I would say my greatest achievement in life right now - my greatest achievement period is - and I'm still trying to achieve it - is to be a wonderful father to my kids.
I am a firm believer in if you can't get it the old fashioned way, you don't need it.
If I miss anything about the sport, it's the camaraderie of old teammates.
Back before I injured my hip, I thought going to the gym was for wimps.
Being the 8th out of 10 kids, and being the one that stayed in trouble, I sort of became a momma's boy.
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.
I always wanted to be a pilot.
I hate to blow my own horn, but I gave a lot of people fits.
My favorite driver is always either the bad guy or the underdog.
I was a pitcher, shortstop and outfielder, and the Yankees tried to sign me out of high school as a first-round draft pick in 1981. I turned them down to go to college.
In baseball, I was a pitcher, which I hated because there was no action there.
First of all, I really never imagined myself being a professional athlete.
I have been a fan all my life, but now I have been out of football for over 10 years, and out of baseball for a little over six years and I don't go to games.
I also tell them that your education can take you way farther than a football, baseball, track, or basketball will - that's just the bottom line.
I love going out and doing new things.
It occurred to me in my junior year of high school. I got my first letter from a big college. I still have that letter to this day - a letter from Indiana.
I was always active - I went from baseball to football. I didn't have time to work out.
