“I've been very fortunate to dodge a nickname throughout my entire care...” — Jimmie Johnson Quote

“I've been very fortunate to dodge a nickname throughout my entire career. I've never had one.”

“I grew up racing off-road trucks. They were on road courses with jumps. I made a name for myself in that style of racing.”

“There is no other way to start the season than to win the Daytona 500.”

“A lot of musicians talk about how they were into music from the start; they always wanted to be musicians. It wasn't like that for me. I didn't think of it as a job or a career - it was just something that was constant.”

“I feel like I had a great career in a way. Maybe not the most successful monetarily or in other ways, but creatively, I feel incredibly fortunate.”

“When you're No. 8 in the world, then you start losing some matches, I think it was the first time in my career my confidence went down, and from there it was a downward spiral.”