What's really hit me over the years is that you go to every race and see all the well-wishers, and you really feel like you are connected with people after all these years.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Every single thing in my life is built around race.
I try to keep in mind that it's a long journey. It's not a race. It's about staying focused, continuing to do good work, make my family and community proud; that's all I really want to do... and pay my bills.
I've lost a lot more races than I've ever won... it's all part of the journey, really.
Since I became a favorite in every race, it's just another burden that I have to bear.
When I was young, I would go to the races and it was an unbelievable feeling when you'd watch them race.
I feel that there has been progress made since I was a boy on matters of race, but we have a long way to go.
There are two really good feelings. The first is when you land sponsorships that allow you to be competitive. Then to win a race is the icing on the cake that you've made with the sponsorship.
If you're of multiple races, you have a different challenge, a unique challenge of embracing all of who you are but still finding a way to identify yourself and I think that's often hard for us to do.
Can I just tell you, I think it's the most beautiful thing about young people today, it gives me so much hope for the future, that they don't really recognize race the way my generation does.
Any race I go into, I've always got the attitude of throwing myself into and wanting nothing but No. 1.