"People have said things in the past, they're going to say things in the future," Patrick said Thursday morning during Daytona 500 Media Day at Daytona International Speedway. "I still say the same thing: Everyone's entitled to their own opinion. People will judge what he said, whether they judge it well or not, and I'm just not going to (judge).

"The people that matter the most to me are my team, my sponsors and those little 3-year-old kids that run up to you and want a great big hug and say they want to grow up to be like you. That's the stuff I really focus on."

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