Top 30 Hailie Deegan Quotes

I’m trying to build relationships with the drivers trying to figure out who is going to help, who is not going to help and who I can trust.

I think what is most important to me is to be competitive week-in and week-out – not winning a race one week and then not finishing.

Being over at Ford offers a much clearer path in my development.

My parents can’t always travel with me because my little brother is a world champion on dirt bikes.

A lot of drivers don’t put that stuff on social media because they’re scared they might get criticized or whatever, and there will be people who say I can’t drive. I just don’t let it get to me and do my own thing.

The hardest thing for me was just getting crew chiefs and people to believe in me.

There’s nothing I hate more than an over-cocky person. I have friends that’ll be all cocky and then go out and get their butt whooped. They’re the worst.

I feel like in NASCAR, there’s not many personalities that take up social media. Most of the time, it’s just the media person doing it for them, and you don’t get that connection with the fans when you do that.

Any opportunity I get to get into a car, no matter what kind of car it is, I will drive. Driving all of those different cars helps your abilities.

When you get to stock racing, you have to be a little more patient and ‘save your stuff’ to be there at the end.

But it’s hard for people to give you a chance until you prove to them that you’re worthy.

You don’t see guys being compared with other guys, you base people on your roots in racing. You would think I’d get more compared with people who do dirt racing.

That’s what stock-car racing is. You hit someone, or you get hit. That’s something I had to learn. It’s a key factor in why I’m so aggressive. I don’t want to have to hit you. But if you’re going to hit me, I’m going to hit you.

If you’re any type of driver, you want to win – end of story.

I’m still learning how to flip that switch on and off. I want to make the most of every opportunity with the least amount of collateral damage. In every race you make smart moves and you take risks.

To be a part of NASCAR, to have the name behind me is such a big deal.

I take every race like my ride is on the line, like it’s my last. I don’t get sponsors when I finish second. My sponsors aren’t happy when I finish second. They’re happy when I win.

I like Kyle Busch, I love his driving style. He might not have the most positivity off the track, but I do like his driving style.

Because at the end of the day, you really only have one reputation and one shot, and once you kind of get that bad reputation and don’t have some good results, then it’s kind of over. It’s really hard to build it back.

I think NASCAR racing comes down… to going for those last-lap passes, making those risky moves. That’s what makes drivers unique.

I run all my social. I post everything, all the videos and stuff.

I’ve been in a lot of fires.

You have to bump or throw a block sometimes. Even when it goes wrong, how many times has it worked? I think it’s a matter of picking and choosing your battles. You gotta do what you’ve gotta do to try to get a win.

I’m so used to being in this racing world. This is what I want to do. I don’t like doing anything else.

I have raced trucks in the off-road world but to now have the opportunity to race trucks next season in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is a dream come true.

Dirt has given me a really good car control ability, but it would have been an easier transition if I’d been racing pavement my whole life. But off-road has given me such a good foundation for car control when the car is loose, because the competitions are so intense – basically 30 minutes of utter chaos.

I love social media. I think people in NASCAR don’t use it enough and there’s so much you can do with it.

I’m not going to go out there and set the world on fire and win my first race. People have to understand that. It’s going to take time. It’s going to take a lot of learning. I think eventually we’ll obviously get better with time.

Winning is kinda the cure to all things; to getting followers, fans, success. You’ve just gotta win.

I think the people who just stay in line fall into a segment of average drivers and I don’t want to be average. I want to be different; I want to be unique for my driving style and my abilities.