Quotes by Bubba Wallace - Page 2

At the end of the day, it doesn't really matter what other people think. You're out there running your own race and you want to run everybody as clean as possible.
Bubba Wallace /
Running
Clean
Race
End Of The Day Day People
Your Day People
End Of The Day Your Day
End Of The Day
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I encourage people to have those tough conversations just to educate yourself on what goes on and how we can create equality in the world and grow together as one.
Bubba Wallace /
Equality
Educate
Tough
Conversations
Encourage
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I wouldn't want to be the guy who went out and won a championship in a horrible year but never made a comment on the issues that we are dealing with in our society.
Bubba Wallace /
Championship
Comment
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I'm looking forward to it, to be able to represent the black culture... but I'm doing my best at managing it, keeping it behind me, and that's the best thing I can do.
Bubba Wallace /
Looking Forward
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I've stood for the national anthem ever since grade school. It's a patriotic thing for me. I understand what Colin Kaepernick and others are doing, but it's not for me.
Bubba Wallace /
Anthem
National Anthem
Patriotic
Me Doing School
Colin
Me School Doing
Grade
Grade School
National
Stood
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This is a dream come true to race for 'The King' Richard Petty Motorsports, the iconic No. 43 and for all the fans and partners that have and continue to support this team.
Bubba Wallace /
Iconic
Partners
Petty
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It all relies on teamwork. We could be running fifth all day, and we come down pit road for the last stop and the pit crew messes up, then we all go down and not just them.
Bubba Wallace /
Crew
Fifth
Teamwork
All Day
Messes
Pit
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Creating unity and compassion and understanding of each of our brothers and sisters is so powerful. We have to preach that to the ones that don't want to listen and understand.
Bubba Wallace /
Brothers And Sisters
Compassion
Unity
Sisters
Preach
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My mother said, 'Did you ever believe you would be an activist?' I said, 'No, not really.' But I just felt in my heart that I needed to step up and be a leader in the forefront.
Bubba Wallace /
Activist
Forefront
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The people that don't want change, the ones that don't see how removing Confederate flag creates so much more opportunities for our sport to grow - they don't want our sport to grow.
Bubba Wallace /
Confederate
Change Grow People
Creates
Flag
Removing
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My mom told me, every weekend, always stay positive no matter what the circumstances. Stuff's gonna go down. It's not gonna be your race. Media is gonna take the bad before the good.
Bubba Wallace /
Positive
Circumstances
Media
Race
Stuff
Mom Good Always
Stay
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My African-American friends thought it was cool that I was racing. It's not like we had any role models out there to look up to, so everyone understood I was doing something very different.
Bubba Wallace /
African American
Models
Racing
Role Models
Understood
Cool Look Doing
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Everybody should live their lives to the fullest with no hassles, no hold-backs, no matter what age, what color you are... I don't have an issue talking about it, taking the forefront of it.
Bubba Wallace /
Hassle
Forefront
Fullest
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I've already got 10,000 more eyes on me because I am of color and they're going to see what I can do in the top series. That's enough pressure in itself, so I don't need to add extra pressure.
Bubba Wallace /
Extra
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I've hit a couple barriers out there on the racetrack growing up. There's definitely been some flak in the way. I've been able to handle that the best I could, ignore it, use that as motivation.
Bubba Wallace /
Barriers
Flak
Ignore
Racetrack
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It's simple-minded people like that, the ones that are afraid of change, they use everything in their power to defend what they stand up for instead of trying to listen and understand what's going on.
Bubba Wallace /
Change Power People
Stand Up
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There should be no individual that is uncomfortable showing up to our events to have a good time with their family that feels some type of way about something they have seen, an object they have seen flying.
Bubba Wallace /
Feels
Flying
Individual
Showing Up
Type
Uncomfortable
Family Time Good
Object
Showing
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I definitely feel like I'm carrying on the legacy of the Scott family. What Wendell had to go through was extremely difficult, but he kept racing, kept fighting. Part of him will be with me when I'm out on the track.
Bubba Wallace /
Legacy
Racing
Family Legacy Me
Carrying
Scott
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It's actually one of the only things that I do that I don't get frustrated over. Everything else I do - racing, golf, video games - those things I want to win at. With photography, I think the camera wins every time.
Bubba Wallace /
Frustrated
Racing
Everything Else
Video Games
Wins
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I've seen too many comments, too many stories from a fan, or first-time fans that have come to a race in years past and the first thing they say is, 'I seen the Confederate flag flying, it made me feel uncomfortable.'
Bubba Wallace /
Confederate
Flying
Uncomfortable
Comments
First Thing
Flag
The First Thing
They Say
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I feel for everybody that goes through it because depression is real, and it doesn't take much to put you in that state of mind to where you think everybody's against you, you're up against the world and that's not true.
Bubba Wallace /
Depression
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For me, I just want to be a role model, put a positive impact on the kids that are watching the sport, that want to be a part of the sport, and leave a good everlasting impact on the sport, continue my legacy down the road.
Bubba Wallace /
Down The Road
Everlasting
Legacy
Positive Impact
Positive Good Me
Role Model
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From Richard Petty to Andy Murstein, everybody at RPM is standing behind me and believing in me on track and also following me through this journey off track and letting me find my way and find my voice in standing up for what's right.
Bubba Wallace /
Petty
Andy
Believing
Richard
Letting
Standing Up
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I see all these professional photographers out at the racetrack, and there's all these people across the world, taking really cool pictures and you're like, 'Man, I want to create that!' I had that mindset when I first grabbed a camera.
Bubba Wallace /
Mindset
Grabbed
Photographers
Racetrack
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We've all got to make sure we're all pulling in the same direction. That's what's going to keep us ahead of the ball. As soon as we start getting in the opposite direction, that's when we start getting behind, and the results will start to show.
Bubba Wallace /
Opposite
Ahead
Ball
Direction
Opposite Direction
Same Direction
Soon
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We were fortunate enough to have our own business to keep us moving up through the ranks - go-karts, Bandoleros, Legend cars, Late Models. That's where we stalled out, but luckily we caught a break with Joe Gibbs Racing and the diversity program.
Bubba Wallace /
Models
Racing
Joe
Luckily
Ranks
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It's short-track racing. You're going to get that and it's going to happen. I don't know why everybody thought it was the end of the world when wrecks were going to happen. Like I said, with close-quarter racing like that it's going to get heated.
Bubba Wallace /
End Of The World
Racing
Wrecks
World Know End
Heated
World End Know
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You know, it helps having an African American driver behind the wheel. I'm representing that culture and that background. But a lot of background pressure, I don't really put that on me. I know I have enough pressure to go out and perform every week.
Bubba Wallace /
Representing
Driver
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It's like Richard Petty always said, 'Racing isn't the job. That's where we get away from our job.' That's where we go out and have fun and get away from the madness. No one can bother you in there. There's no phones, no interviews - it's just you, driving.
Bubba Wallace /
Bother
Madness
Petty
Phones
Racing
Have Fun
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It's something we're trying to change and NASCAR is as a whole trying to bring in a younger fan base, a different-looking fan base, we're trying to change the whole demographic of the sport. Me going out to do that is something I'll take responsibility for.
Bubba Wallace /
Nascar
Demographic
Fan Base
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I've had my fair share of incidents with law enforcement, whether they're saying smart remarks, condescending remarks to downplay who I am and what I can afford... It's something that made me stronger on the back end of it, and learned from those instances.
Bubba Wallace /
Condescending
Enforcement
Fair Share
Incidents
Law Enforcement
Remarks
Downplay
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I want to be a champion, and win races as much as I can and elevate my platforms and become an icon in the sport. It's going to take a lot of hard work and determination from my camp and for myself to get to where we need to be. I'm excited about the journey.
Bubba Wallace /
Determination
Platforms
Camp
Elevate
Icon
Races
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There's no need for me to go out there and try to set the world on fire, try to win races and put myself in a tough spot, not be able to capitalize on it. If the opportunity presents itself, yeah, we'll jump on it. There's no need for me to force a hole, end up tearing up a racecar.
Bubba Wallace /
Opportunity
Able
Fire
Force
Tough
Yeah
Capitalize
Itself
Set
Hole
Spot
Jump
Presents
Races
Tearing
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I was so young when I started that I didn't really understand all of it. We'd show up and have the slurs being thrown out there, but my parents always dealt with that. They just told me to go out there, do my best, and try to win. Go out there and race well and they'll shut right up.
Bubba Wallace /
Thrown
Best Always Me
Best Me Parents
Dealt
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Ever since being vocal in being a human being, I've been proud to kind of step away from Bubba Wallace the athlete and to step up as Bubba Wallace the human and not be so, 'I don't know If I can touch that;' 'I don't know if I can say these types of things.' I'm letting that guard down.
Bubba Wallace /
Vocal
Guard
Letting
Wallace
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The biggest thing is getting the kid in a kart - they have to buy it and that's the biggest thing. You can go to a sporting store and buy a basketball for 30 bucks or a football for 30 bucks. You go buy a go-kart and that's 300 bucks. What are you going to get? A basketball or a go-kart?
Bubba Wallace /
Bucks
Biggest Thing
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The Ahmaud Arbery video was the final straw for me in being silent. That shook me to the core like nothing has in the past. Something flipped inside of me to be more vocal and stand up for racial equality and make sure we get a hold on that and change the face of this world and get it to a better place.
Bubba Wallace /
Equality
Better Place
Core
Flipped
Silent
Video
Vocal
Inside
Change World Face
Hold
In The Past
Racial
Shook
Stand Up
Straw
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I've never had any issues with racism or racist people at the track for as long as I've been racing in NASCAR. All of that stuff that has happened to my face took place when I was coming up. And a lot of what I get now on social media is 13- and 14-year-old kids just trying to act tough. Well, I'll call them out.
Bubba Wallace /
Nascar
Racing
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We are ambassadors. We are leaders of our own brands, and then in life things are thrown at you, you have to stand up for what's right. That brings on a whole new role. It's not on the front of the agenda that you see, but if you read the fine print it's part of becoming an athlete and the pedestal you get with that.
Bubba Wallace /
Athlete
Becoming
Brands
Fine
Fine Print
Pedestal
Print
Thrown
Agenda
Ambassador
Brings
Leaders
Stand Up
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