The quotable Danica Patrick

Danica was in DC talking about Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), and the need for awareness and research and stuff. It’s her chosen issue. Every celebrity needs one.

Anyway. A few tidbits from the story:

Patrick joked that she didn’t “do so well in school on my Constitution test…”

No, she was not wearing Daisy Dukes when she said that.

…but said she’s gaining a new appreciation of how hard it is to move things along in Washington.

And she said she’s excited about focusing exclusively on NASCAR racing next year.

“We all do best when we’re doing something that we really, really enjoy and I just actually really love driving, and especially racing those cars,” she told us.

“You’re just gonna see a lot more of me, that’s for sure…”

Just not in the ESPN Body Issue.

“…There’s gonna be a lot more racing. But I think it’s gonna kinda bring out a racier side to me…”

…!

“…In Indy car it’s — it’s not very good to bump, but in NASCAR it’s something that is pretty useful and it’s very self-policing out there.”

“Have you ever driven down the highway and you think to yourself, ‘man, I just want to bump this guy?’ Well, guess what? In stock cars, you can.”

Calm down, Bill. That wasn’t a euphemism.