Rusty Wallace Quotations | Page 2

I made my decision. I'm sticking to it,

I knew when I retired that this is what I wanted to do. I've had a few broadcasting gigs and I enjoyed them.

I like our chances over a 10-race span,

I had the restart, which was all I could do,

I'm having better runs than I've had in a long time, ... I want to go out on top of my game, and I'm doing that right now.

I really think this is my calling. I'm excited about it. When I retired, television was something I felt I knew.

I love talking to people and educating them on the sport. I've done tons of interviews, done some work calling races. From the little bit I did, I can really tell I enjoy it.

I looked at the race track for the first time, and I thought, 'Oh my gosh. I can't believe the size of this thing. It's amazing,'

I'll tell you, I never could have reported on this sport the way it needs to be reported without getting to drive this car.

I just lost it. I had a loose tire, a flat tire, and loose lug nuts. Bad night.

I just got in the car for some verification. And that's the thing as a dad that I can do. I can get in it and drive it and say 'Ok it is doing this' or 'This is what you're feeling Steve' and just try to help his learning curve.

In the past, I've always had New Year's resolutions that we were going to have a better year, we're going to finish higher in the points and that we stay healthy. Now, since I'm not driving the car any longer, I guess I'm going to have to sit back and think up a new resolution of what I want to do.

If you sit down with a guy and say 'I'm gonna sign a three-year deal,' and he sells sponsorship for three years based on your being there, you need to be there. You've got to honor it.

I guess my day is coming, ... I tried real hard. I just got nailed in the rear end on the last lap and turned sideways. I didn't expect it.

I just think if you make a deal with a man, and he builds his program around you, then you need to understand that and you need to honor that,

I just couldn't believe the bump drafting I was seeing.

I put Stephen in the car, and he runs a 22.99. He said, 'I beat you,' and I said, 'I'm glad. That's good. I'd rather have you beat me than any of the rest of these characters.'

By the second day she was running laps a half-second faster than I had on the first day. Let me tell you something, she's fast. And if she couldn't drive, she wouldn't be in our car.

But I'll tell you this -- there's no way we could be out there racing at those speeds. It was neat to be out there running that fast by myself, but it would be insane to think we could have a pack of cars out there doing that.

I don't know if I will or not. We'll just have to wait and see. I don't have the answers to that yet.

I don't know if I'd have done it, but I sure do understand the reaction. I hope Ryan learns from this mistake. He can't just go out there and rough these guys up, whether it's a mistake or not. Guys are tired of hearing it's a mistake.

I'd rather win one, ... It would sound a heck of a lot better.

I ask myself why would I retire and its because I don't like running 36 races. I hate running 36 races. I don't like being away from home that much.

I feel like broadcasting is my calling. I knew when I retired this is what I wanted to do. I feel like I am well educated on the cars, NASCAR, the whole industry.

He ran really, really good. I was driving my guts out, and he was right there with me.

You could win the title without winning a race, but that's not the way I want to win it, ... Would I be disappointed to win the championship and not win a race this year? That's not a real easy question to answer.

This is new for me. Everybody knows I retired from NASCAR racing and I've been dying to run the Rolex 24. This is a great team. I probably feel like I am one of the weakest links but I've got 24 hours to figure it out and I'll be working really hard to keep it on the course. This will be a fun weekend.

This is my final season as a driver and I want to go out being remembered as a winner.

This is all new to me and we had a problem with the radio. Our gearing wasn't right either, but the most aggravating thing was not being able to communicate with the pits.

The guys were really causing a lot of wrecks by extreme bump drafting,

The guys at Callaway have been extremely generous.

The car here is the car I drove last time, ... (Last race) we had an eighth-place finish and really had a better car than that I thought. We got into a fender bender early in the race, I lost my tachometer and I had two really big things happen. All that stuff is fixed right now so let's hope we have a good, smooth race.

The car was very quick. I'm disappointed right now because the car was easily a top-five car. It's just really tough right now because I really wanted to win this race in my hometown.