Kevin Harvick Quotations

There is a seven-year relationship here that first and foremost is the main priority. I have a lot of friends here ... it's something that we'll - it will be the first thing we try to work out.

We're greedy and we don't like to finish second.

Shane has a lot of experience and I don't think we will miss a beat. We never have missed a beat with the Busch program.

Right now life is good. But life can go bad in a hurry. The best thing to do is enjoy it while you can, then move on to the next race.

Right now I think the No. 29 team is the team the others (at RCR) are leaning on. The other two haven't really brought too much to the table,

Richard has made key additions to RCR that will benefit the organization, ... We are both committed to make 2006 a successful season.

I'm all for taking chances. But you have to make sure you don't get caught. You have to know if the risk is worth the penalty.

I hate to see Kurt Busch win. What a whiner.

If that wasn't Jeff Burton back there we probably would have had a wreck. His car was a little bit better for the first three or four laps (after a restart) and then we could get going.

Good day for us, but I hate to see Kurt Busch win. He's a big whiner. But what do I know?

I think it is going to be cool to drive the No. 47 KISS Ray-Sat Silverado at Richmond, ... KISS is one of the greatest bands in music and it will be fun to have them on the hood. The truck race at Richmond is always exciting. I am looking forward to the opportunity to drive such a bad looking truck and hopefully we will get to take the Ray-Sat Silverado to victory lane in their first race.

I think the car of the future is great from a safety aspect. I think it's the ugliest thing I've ever seen. They have to make it look better.

I thought we had the best car, but anytime you have cautions, it gives an opportunity to the guys behind you to get into the back bumper, ... It would have been nice to not see the cautions. We were just fortunate to have a car that went on restarts and worked on long runs.

I think when he died it got us into so many different areas of the world that people started to recognize NASCAR. And then it stayed in the mainstream of the press and the people and things just kind of took off from there. The sport was growing and with the massive outlets the media had, when everything happened with his death, I think it just continued after that.

I think when everybody had to start thinking for themselves, figure out when it was time to change it for themselves, it wasn't -- there wasn't that reassuring voice there and that experience there to tell them that it was OK to change something, that we need to go forward. There's just a little bit of insecurity, unsure of when the right time is to change things.

I think it's only fair to the parties involved to make a decision sooner, rather than later and string everything along.

Our chances are slim to none. There's always a chance several guys will have problems. But we decided to go for broke, try to win races and not care about anything else.

NASCAR should pay for the development of the car of the future.

I think he had his hand in a lot of things. When things needed to be changed, when he told them to change it, they would change it.

It couldn't be more fitting to have it go this way. It's been tough, but we got to keep doing what were doing. That's what Johnny would want us to do, and that's what we're going to do.

I think I would have whooped Kurt Busch before now. Obviously, he forgot about getting punched in his nose last time from Jimmy Spencer.

I thought I had the wreck cleared, and (Brian Vickers) popped left and I hit (Newman), ... My spotter never said nothing, so I wrecked.

We live that from the day that it happened until right now. Everybody wants to forget, but you can't. You go out and try to do the best you can and carry the legacy forward.

We just came on at the right time. We didn't have the best car, but we had the best car when it counted.

We've kind of agreed to sit down in April and just kind of evaluate where things are.

We have talked. I know the ball is pretty much on that side.

We got to Lap 16 and I thought we were going to be OK. The first caution came and then two more. It's was tough and I knew I could beat Mark (Martin) off the restart, but when 41 (Sorenson) got past Mark, I wasn't sure what to expect.

We pretty much shot ourselves in the foot as usual.

We would never be at the point we're at if his accident had never happened. Safety is incredible how fast it advanced.

We just have to put 10 more weeks together and get it going for next year. Everybody wanted to be in it, but we gave it everything we had and we'll just keep trying.

We just have to put 10 more weeks together and get it going for next year.

We had a really good car the first half of the race,

We just had one run today where we got off, we got really tight all of a sudden. Once we got back there in bad track position, it just really killed us because it was really hard to pass. It was a great day for our Chevrolet. We were good all day, just that one run got us back a little bit.

We feel really good coming in here, but you still have to have a little bit of luck.

You go in there trying to be aggressive and trying to be the one who makes something happen instead of being in the middle of somebody else's mess. You have to try and be at the forefront of what's going on. Usually the aggressor comes out at the good end.

We're digging, and Matt's having some bad luck. If we keep knocking the lead off 80 or 100 points at a time, we're going to be in good shape in a couple of weeks. Right now, we're just going out and doing everything we can every week. Our cars are better, our pit stops more consistent, and that is helping everything come together. Down the stretch here, we're definitely racing a little harder because we've got something to shoot for. We just need luck to stay on our side and we'll see how things play out.

We're digging, and Matt's having some bad luck, ... If we keep knocking the lead off 80 or 100 points at a time, we're going to be in good shape in a couple of weeks. Right now, we're just going out and doing everything we can every week. Our cars are better, our pit stops more consistent, and that is helping everything come together. Down the stretch here, we're definitely racing a little harder because we've got something to shoot for. We just need luck to stay on our side and we'll see how things play out.

We didn't have the best car all day, but we had the best car when it counted. We led the right (lap) . . . the last one.

Everybody wanted to be in it. We gave it everything we had and we'll just keep trying.

Everybody wanted to be in it, but we gave it everything we had and we'll just keep trying,

Everyone wants to perform. It's just that there are a lot of things going on that are not going to happen overnight at RCR. They are going to take 6-8 months to a year to reap the benefits of it.

Dover is a tough track to repeat success on. It's so fast. Just the fact that the track is concrete, and you are constantly being thrown towards the wall coming out of the corners, makes this a difficult track for everyone. You have to be aware of everything going on, because things happen quickly and sometimes there's just nowhere to go.

First off, it's a great way to get some race practice in before qualifying and the big one the next weekend,

There's something different between having a little bit of beef with somebody and taking the chance of letting someone get hurt.

Right now the main focus is on getting off to a good start. That obviously has to be addressed at some point during the season, but I'm pretty much staying firm on the April date, myself and Richard.

Once we got it dialed, it was awesome,

Once we got it dialed it, it was awesome.

Once we got it dialed in, it was awesome.

This is the biggest joke I've ever seen in racing,

This is the biggest joke in racing that I've ever seen. It's just terrible. Everybody's just out there knowing at any moment the tire could pop. It's pretty embarrassing for our sport.

They don't know what they're doing from day to day.

There needs to be a class on who's driving what.

A couple more laps, I probably would have done the same thing. Just good short-track racing, and one guy wins and one guys loses. So it ends up with one guy happy and then one guy mad.

It's just terrible. Everybody is just out there, knowing that at any moment the tires are going to pop. It's pretty disgusting and pretty embarrassing for our sport.

It's a thrill to be associated with the United States Coast Guard. Their long and rich tradition matches perfectly with the history at RCR. This season, I am not only racing for RCR but also for the Coast Guard men and women who keep America safe. I think this relationship will lead to great success both on and off the track for everyone involved.

I told him, I didn't have to prepare for anything like a normal rookie, because I never prepared, never had to think about it. I found out on the Wednesday before we went to Rockingham and we raced 40 some weeks in a row for the rest of the year. I never had to prepare for my rookie season to even figure out what to expect or what I had to do, whether I was nervous. I didn't know how much money I was making. I didn't know how many races I had to go to, I didn't have a contract. I didn't care.

It's a lot easier to lose the points than it is to gain the points. This Busch Series is tough and there will be somebody who will make a run at me sooner or later.

It's like our biggest stars are involved in a lot of other things and not taking 100 percent interest in the sport now.

Everyone has been teasing me, 'Well, you definitely have the prettiest car here.'

Everybody's just out there knowing sooner or later a tire's going to pop, ... It's pretty disgusting, and pretty embarrassing for our sport.

The blood is dripping. We're trying to find out where the trail is.

the biggest joke I've ever seen in racing ... It's pretty disgusting, and pretty embarrassing for our sport.

It's hard not to pick on a guy when his ears are pinned back.

It was a good race for us. We got behind here the first four races and we just needed to have a good run. We put ourselves in the position to win and we just came up one spot short.

The chips fall where they fall. You can't control whether you'll be either in or out.

I'm not going to rush into things and do things I don't want to do. Right now, we are in the same frame of mind about our goals, and our goals are to go out and get the season going good and make the Chase.

I love restrictor plate racing. It reminds me of going to the go-kart track with your buddy's and just running wide open. But this year has not been much fun. We have had a top-five car at both Daytona and Talladega. We have stayed up front and put ourselves around good cars. It has been very frustrating to be honest. Hopefully we can avoid the wreck this Sunday. I know the (fabrication) shop feels the same way.

I love restrictor plate racing, ... It reminds me of going to the go-kart track with your buddy's and just running wide open. But this year has not been much fun. We have had a top-five car at both Daytona and Talladega. We have stayed up front and put ourselves around good cars. It has been very frustrating to be honest. Hopefully we can avoid the wreck this Sunday. I know the (fabrication) shop feels the same way.

I knew if I could get up his rear bumper I had a chance. I knew where I wanted to be but I couldn't get there.

I knew if I could get to his bumper, I had a great chance. I just never could get all the way there. I hate it because we had a great car.

If you're going to be the biggest star of the sport, step up and be the biggest supporter of the sport. I think they should take more responsibility of being the voice of our sport, being the voice in the garage for somebody to step up to if they have a question.

I remember how emotional it was for everyone. It almost felt like a dream.

If you make a mistake at Turn 1, you're not going to lose a lap. That's a good change. I think all the improvements are really good.

Can you blame him? It was plain as day. There is something different between having a beef with someone and taking a chance of getting someone hurt.

I didn't think they'd fix it. The throttle was hung wide open and they got it fixed, so I came back and got in it. It's disappointing, but what do you do?

He and I have committed to moving forward together in fulfilling our current agreement, which runs through 2006, and we anticipate being together for many years beyond that. Our focus is on continuing to improve our performance this year and being a championship contender in 2006.

You can only learn so much from testing, and after a while you need times like this to make sure you're going in the right direction. It's really when you get in the action with cars around you that you know it's time to go racing again. All we can do is hope we're ready. Honestly, I've never felt as prepared for a season as I do this year.

A great day for the U.S. Coast Guard Chevrolet. We got in the back of the No.5 there and got a little fender damage but Shane (Wilson) did a great job keeping the car freed up and keep it turning at the end of the race.

You understand that things can't just happen overnight. They laid out a plan and explained it to us and just said, 'Here is what we want to do, here is where we need to get better,' and we have been chipping away at it ever since.

The car needed to be loosened up and Shane has been here for a lot of races and knows what he's doing.

The car is really fast, ... I am happy with it. We should have a good ride for Saturday.

The truck was really fast, we just couldn't get a long enough green flag run there toward the end to get a good run on Todd and Skinner. But we were fast. Randy Goss, David Dollar and everyone on the No. 47 team and at Morgan Dollar gave me an awesome truck to drive tonight. We ran out of time to get back up there and race them for win.

That's exactly the reason I'm leaving RCR because you've got those punk-ass kids coming up. They've got no respect for what they do in this sport and they've had everything fed to them with a spoon.

To be honest with you, I walked into media day (in February at Daytona), and there were two people standing in line to conduct interviews, so from day one of this year, everybody’s kind of written us off.

Just a huge credit goes to the GM Goodwrench team and all my teammates that went before me. It's been a good weekend for us so far and hopefully we can put it all together tomorrow night.

We've got a third, first and a pole; I don't think you could ask for much more than that. Hopefully we can finish it off [tonight].

This Reese's Chevrolet was downright awesome.

I think racing in Mexico will prove to be a great move for our sport in the future. The reaction we received from the fans last year was outstanding. The fans were unbelievable, and I expect the same reaction this year.

You have to have something to lean on when you have more than one team. I don't really agree with making the move four weeks before the Chase. That's not how I would have done it.

I'm gonna have nightmares about kids eating free.

Winning cures all problems.

Money and fame? I never had it, don't really know if I want it.

On any given day, I don't think there's anybody who can outdrive me. That's the mind set I have going into every race.

As a race car driver, driving is the easy part. The hard part is containing the emotions on the race track.

The hardest part is keeping yourself even keel across the board. You have to keep a balance until you get to Sunday and understand what goes with the week.

Dale Earnhardt was the best race car driver there will ever be in NASCAR. I would hope you don't expect me to replace him because nobody ever will.

In life in general, you're never bulletproof, about the time you start thinking that, I always tell people, the karma train will come run you over.

The room inside is definitely the biggest plus of the car. Your head is not anywhere near the (roll) bars, like it's sitting against the bars in the other (current) cars.

You can't take life for granted. I am lucky to have everything I've ever wanted. I've got a beautiful wife, a job I've always dreamed of...and my face on my own t-shirts.

Kyle Busch is going to get his ass whipped shortly I hope. He better sit his ass in his motor home or I’m going to come find him and he’s going to have to hold my watch because I’m going to whip his ass. He’s the biggest whining little piece of [expletive] I’ve ever seen in my whole life.