Quotes by Tony Stewart

About Tony Stewart:

Anthony Wayne "Tony" Stewart is an American professional stock car racing driver and NASCAR team owner. He is a three-time Sprint Cup Series champion. Throughout his racing career, Stewart has won racing titles in Indy, midget, sprint and USAC Silver Crown cars. He is the only driver in history to win a championship in both IndyCar and NASCAR.
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I go into it with the attitude that I'm not going to look at my leg, and as soon as they get the wrapping off of it, I'm like, 'I've got to look.' It's like yelling at a dog going, 'Squirrel!' I cannot not look. And then I spend the rest of the time ...

Tony Stewart

At the age of 41, I'm glad I still have hair.

Tony Stewart

It's hard to not make a mistake at Darlington.

Tony Stewart

When you're doing something every week, it's kind of routine.

Tony Stewart

For most part, the rule of thumb is pretty much you're going to race guys hard the last quarter of the race and for sure the last run of the day. You're still going to give and take until that last pit stop.

Tony Stewart

I have to relearn how to walk again. It's not that you have to reteach yourself. But your mind and your foot have to get back on the same page, and remind yourself that it's OK to do this. You've done this before. It's reminding it what it's supposed...

Tony Stewart

I guess if you're not going to win the championship, you're better off taking the opportunity to win a Brickyard or a Daytona 500 than you are to make the Chase and then fizzle out.

Tony Stewart

Race cars, no matter what size or shape they are, they do the same things. It is not complicated.

Tony Stewart

I broke my leg is all I did. I didn't break my brain.

Tony Stewart

It's like, what if you get a set of tires that aren't balanced right or a driveshaft that's vibrating. That could create a problem. You try to think of every possible scenario of what can make you uncomfortable and try to come up with a solution for ...

Tony Stewart

I'm scared of saying something that may get taken the wrong way.

Tony Stewart

There are guys you give the benefit of the doubt if they hold you up a little bit longer than normal, and you have that list of guys you kind of know are going to be a problem when you get there. The window of being patient with them is a lot shorter...

Tony Stewart

If a guy does us wrong the week before, and he does something the next week where he makes an effort to make it right, then I pretty much will let that go. You don't forget about it, but just seeing that the guy makes an effort the next week means a ...

Tony Stewart

It's very easy to get caught up in everything that's going on and just daily stuff being a distraction. When you have all that taken away from you, your daily activity becomes a lot more subtle, and you appreciate it all a lot more.

Tony Stewart

I learned that I was just getting too consumed by racing. That's all I used to do was think about it. You have to be able to turn it off. You have to make yourself stop, or you'll get burned out.

Tony Stewart

The one thing I don't do, that helps make me successful, is I don't rob Peter to pay Paul. All of my businesses have to stand on their own.

Tony Stewart

When I go home, its an easy way to be grounded. You learn to realize what truly matters.

Tony Stewart

Get in the race car do what I do then go home. We don't have freedom to do anything anymore.

Tony Stewart

I'm not going to just stop doing it because I got hurt once. People get hurt in car wrecks every day, and they don't stop driving the car the rest of their life to work. It's my passion. It's what I want to do with my life. It's a part of what I do.

Tony Stewart

I am a racer. I'm not a race car driver. I am a racer. I race. That's what I do. I don't go on vacations. I don't take my family on vacations because I don't have a family. My family is the racing family.

Tony Stewart

Author Bio

  • NameTony Stewart
  • DescriptionAmerican racing driver
  • AliasesRushville Rocket; Anthony Wayne Stewart
  • BornMay 20, 1971
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionRacing Driver; NASCAR Team Owner