It's all you think about. We had two weeks off, and there's not a moment you don't think about it.

We knew we could fight our way back in.

I'll do whatever it takes to help the team win. I truly don't care (what my role is) as long as we have one more point than the other team at the end of the game.

This is a great tire. Some guys were throwing out some great shots (in testing) when the weather was cool, but I knew that when it came to race day and it got a little warm out in the middle of the day, it would be a challenge, and that's what we worked on in testing.

After last season, you just don't want to leave any points on the table, whether it's round wins, qualifying or whatever.

We're losing some good seniors this year, but we also have some good sophomores that are going to group up a lot and help us next year.

She just wasn't a girl who did OK. She won championships. She accomplished something. . . . I think a lot of people know who she is, but I don't think they really have a concept of what she really did. It was amazing.