I hate Dale Earnhardt fans
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Jimmie's in great position, because a lot of guys didn't get the opportunity until a little later in life ... There's no reason to think he couldn't win three or four more titles in the next eight or nine years and have a great opportunity to challenge Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt.
I liked rivalries ... I liked Bobby [Allison] and me not getting along, or me and Rusty [Wallace] or me and Dale [Earnhardt]. It made it fun. ... Jimmie is scared to death to be Jimmie Johnson. He has to be the Jimmie Johnson, who's politically correct and doesn't say anything wrong and make anybody mad.
We've had some cutbacks because we ran four (Cup) teams, a (Nationwide) team and then we brought Dale (Earnhardt Jr.) in and we didn't cut anybody back
In this ultra-competitive era of NASCAR, it is necessary to build and sustain the strongest team possible and our combining with the people and equipment at Dale Earnhardt Inc. will help create a strong four-car program for years to come ... This is a win-win for both organizations as well as all of our partners.
Every man on every crew has come out to the edge of pit lane to congratulate the man who has dominated everything there is to win in this sport, except for this race, until today