Chase Elliott
I've always been into 'NCIS' because my mom is a pretty big fan. I don't watch a lot of TV though.Collection: Mom
I am only a morning person when I have to be.Collection: Morning
There's no guarantees in anything you do. But I hope there are many more weekends I can race in my life, and high school graduation you only do once.Collection: Graduation
To me, it's about the Golden Rule, really at the end of the day. Treating people as you want to be treated. I just don't feel like it's that hard to do. It's not that much to ask of someone to treat everyone with the respect they would want to be treated with. No matter what you look like or where you're from.Collection: Respect
Of course the fans have been amazing to me, and I'm so appreciative of that.
I'm so fortunate to work with a company like NAPA. They've been behind me 100%, and I never take that support for granted.
We want to grow NASCAR.
Everybody is their own person.
I don't care who your dad or granddad or mom is. You're not them, and they're not you. It really doesn't matter at the end of the day.
Racing is all I've ever wanted to do since I was little, so for me to say I'm not enjoying what I'm doing every weekend would be a big lie.
I love what I do and wouldn't trade it for anything.
Sure, I'm competitive and I want to do well and I've put pressure on myself - I think anybody who is competitive and wants to try to get better is going to be that way. We're just trying to improve and get better.
I just kind of go about things the way I always have and just try to be me and hope for the best.
I think because of my name and my dad, two things I am so proud of, the bar has always been so high in people's minds. But my bar has always been higher than that.
I've talked to my dad about road course racing more than anybody. I feel like he was a very underrated road course racer, so he's probably been more helpful than anybody even at HMS.
I'm not trying to take on any title. I'm just trying to do my thing and be myself.
At the end of the day, you have to be good everywhere, and I want to be good everywhere.
I don't enjoy having any more or less road courses. I really don't care where we go.
Whatever it is, we want to be able to win at any time. The great teams and the great drivers are capable of doing that, and I think we are capable doing that.
Jeff Gordon is a hero and a legend of the sport, and that's something you're never going to do. You obviously have goals, and I'm going to try to be successful here at Hendrick Motorsports, and in the sport in general, but Jeff is Jeff, and there's never going to be another one.
You're never going to replace Jeff Gordon at all.
There are certain people you listen to who might be a tick better than someone else.
Just taking any kind of information you can gather, listening to the differences, the way they have gone about racing over the years, whatever they are willing to share with you it's important to hear those differing opinions and try to balance them out.
At the end of the day, I think you have to be good everywhere and I want to be good everywhere.
It's a goal of mine to be a contender every week.
In racing you're not going to win every week, and we understand that.
What is feasible - and guys do this - is to be in contention every single week.
There is a handful of drivers and teams that have a shot to win every single week, and there is no reason we can't be among that group. That's our goal, and if you're in that position enough, it will go your way plenty and you'll get your fair share.
Everybody is trying to take advantage of situations, and if you don't take advantage of a situation, you get taken advantage of by somebody else.
I'm open-minded, willing to make changes and do other things.
I go about things I think is correct. It might not be, but I try to do it that way.
I know things can go south a heck of a lot faster than they can go good for you.
Things are always changing, and you have to be, you just have to, I guess, kind of learn to deal with the ups and downs.
I don't think you have to go hit home runs to win races. I think we can get solid base hits with singles and doubles to put ourselves in a position to win.
I'm not one to guarantee things in my life.
I am a big Honey Nut Cheerios fan.
I do not like tomatoes.
I think going on stage and putting on a concert for a night would be cool.
You want to strive to be the best you can be, and hopefully one of the best, if you can ever make it that far.
The whole sport, I feel like for years has done a great job trying to recognize the heroes amongst the country.
Math is pretty straightforward.
You still need a good balance of what we do away from racing, and I feel like school, for me, has been that balance.
Racing is something I've always wanted to do, so it's my dream come true.
I reference playgrounds a lot because I was always playing on them when I was little.
All you can dream for is opportunity, and I've been very fortunate to have that over the years. That's all thanks to some great people.
If the fans want a burnout, I'm going to give them a burnout. That's what it's going to be.
For me, I want to be me, stay true to that, do my thing, try to keep things simple and stay true to who I am.
Winning races and winning consistently is going to open opportunities. Guys who have that ability and are consistent in it are the ones you see have success for years and years.
We live in a world in racing where the guy who's comfortable being uncomfortable does well.
I want to win as much as anyone else.