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Jeff Gordon

: Racing Back to the Front--My Memoir

The New York Times bestselling autobiography of one of auto racing's greatest drivers—and a pedal-to-the-metal look at the life of a NASCAR champion. He's the hottest thing on the racetrack today! In his professional racing career, Jeff Gor

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“If you win, you’re going to get scrutinized. No way around it.”

— Jeff Gordon, amazon.com

Tagged: Winning

“Winning is a great feeling, even if you are getting heckled.”

— Jeff Gordon, amazon.com

Tagged: Screw The Haters, Winning

“I learned to love winning early in life. In fact, I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t competing in something and trying to beat the guys next to me.”

— Jeff Gordon, amazon.com

Tagged: Winning

“I believe that life is a very long race, one with a lot of good runs, and a few bad ones.”

— Jeff Gordon, amazon.com

Tagged: Life, Quotes about Life

“If my experience has shown me anything, it’s that good people can rise to meet any challenge.”

— Jeff Gordon, amazon.com

Tagged: Change, Identity, Motivational

“That doesn’t mean I’ve changed; it just means I feel comfortable letting more people see the real me.”

— Jeff Gordon, amazon.com

Tagged: Change, Identity

“I’m no social anthropologist, but, from everything I’ve heard and read, most men go through a transition in their early thirties. Some call it ‘getting comfortable in your own skin,’ and others simply refer to it as ‘maturing.’ I like to think that I’m the same person at thirty-two that I was at twe…”

— Jeff Gordon, amazon.com

Tagged: Getting Older, Aging

“The key to winning Winston Cup championships is consistency.”

— Jeff Gordon, amazon.com

Tagged: Nascar, Racing

“I could have gotten angry or down; could have said something silly like ‘Our engine department let us down,’ but not only did I not believe that, saying it would have been like lobbing a grenade into our garage. We’d worked for a year and a half to build a cohesive team. I wasn’t about to tear that…”

— Jeff Gordon, amazon.com

Tagged: Don't Give Up, Keep Your Cool