Is it a coincidence? We don't know. It's just hard to believe that it is.

People are reluctant to change because they see it as a challenge to their authority.

Our experience is the drivers know what they want and why they want it. I don't think having someone between you and the owner helps.

A lot of R&D happens on job sites.

We were taken by complete surprise by their remarks last weekend. We felt like we wanted to make it an intellectual issue if we were allowed to.

You end up getting into what tennis is — it'll be one winner, or two winners, the same three guys all year.

It is hard for Jack not to believe that there is a laser bulls-eye on his forehead.

The key is really getting those units to work together. Like the 2 and the 12 (teams) — oil and water, right? But if the 2 and the 12 were compatible in crew chief and driver and all that, then that's all it would take.

We didn't put that pressure on Carl because we didn't want him overdriving, ... We didn't want him to think his employer thought he should be able to do it. But he thought he should be able to do it, his team thought he should do it, we believed he could do it, and he did it.