There was a reason he passed me, ... He was faster there toward the end. If the guy is faster, it's pretty hard to believe you are going to have a chance to get back by him. We tried. There wasn't a lack of effort there. Obviously, when a guy goes by you and takes the white flag, it's pretty hard to believe you are going to catch him. |
There was no catching Jeff, ... He was just too strong to keep up with. |
There were three times where I thought I totally lost the car. It's totally insane out there. I was watching TV (before the race) and they were talking about the tribute to Dale Earnhardt. Five years from now we're probably going to have to do another tribute to another driver because we're going to kill somebody from Wednesday to Sunday. It could be me or Dale Jr. or anybody. |
There's never been two years identical, |
They got their money's worth today, |
They name streets after guys like that - `One Way,' and `Dead End,' ... He's a nice guy, I like him and I play poker with him. But if he came over here right now I'm afraid I'd have to strangle him. |
They were playing the game, and I was playing the game as the leader. I was hoping I didn't have to do that stuff. |
They were playing the game; I was playing the game as the leader, ... They're doing what they have to do. I did the same. |
They've always given me everything I need out on the race track, and they've always been there to support me off the track as well. It's a very tight-knit group of hard-working people, and I look forward to spending another six years with them. |
They've changed rules midstream before. There is no reason they can't do anything now. Even if it doesn't happen this week, as long as we can get through this 500 and not have any big issues, there is plenty of time to do something before Talladega. |
They've never given up on me, ... We didn't want to win it like we did in 2002. We won it right this time. |
This concert is going to be a first-class production, with all of the money raised going to charity, |
This could have ruined the entire season. |
This is like being in week 16 of a 36-week season and talking about points, ... There's still a lot of time left. |
This is like being in week 16 of a 36-week season and talking about points, ... There's still a lot of time left. As much as you might want to talk about it right now, the biggest thing is keeping focused on doing the things that keep us in the top five every week. |