I put the team through a lot of hell ever since I've been with them but they never gave up on me, ... Zippy didn't want to win it the way we did in 2002. It was nice to do it and do it right. |
I said I've never had a driver in this garage when I've asked them for some time to bend their ear for 10 minutes and asked some questions, I've never had a driver ever say no, I don't have time for that. |
I think everybody's pretty worn out after being in Daytona for so long. California means a normal routine and a chance for the crew guys to get back to their families for a couple of days before heading to another racetrack. |
I think he's done an awesome job. |
I think it's a good decision. We don't need to be hitting each other in the corners, for sure. There's probably nothing we can do to the cars this week, but at least they're doing something about it before it gets out of control. |
I think next year I'm going to take the weekend off and somebody else can drive this thing. I'll take the night off. |
I think they should leave the rear bumpers alone and make soft bumpers in the front. |
I think we've been really good this year when we've had adversity like that, being able to take the negative and find the positive in it before we even left the track, ... I mean, we were in a better mind set as a team leaving Charlotte Saturday night than we were when we ran 18th at Dover [in September, in the second round of the Chase] and had our problems there. We had our heads down. |
I think we've got a good sense of when it's time to go and then it's just a matter of getting with the right people, |
I think, with the controversy we had in our season in 2002, I'm real hungry to win one with a year like we're having this year, |
I thought he ran a very solid race. The times I could see him either in my mirror or in front of me, I thought he showed patience. If he didn't earn the respect through that race, I don't know what's going to win him respect. I thought he did everything right. He already had my respect coming into this race. |
I thought I was going to be in that category, a guy who could lead races and be competitive and never get a win, |
I told him I knew he had a fast-enough car, that he just had to be patient all day. It was awesome. I was hoping we'd get a one-two finish, but it was close. |
I told Zippy, 'If you sell this car to Bob, I'm going to kick you ... .' |
I try not to, |