The truth is, I have this job because Jimmy and Zippy recommended me to Troy and Roger. Growing up in Texas, Troy and Roger are icons to me. I met Roger in an autograph line when I was 9 years old. Now he's my boss.

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The last five weeks, he's shown up 10 minutes before practice. I think he was here when the gate opened this morning. He's like a guy who has been sitting on the bench for five weeks, and he's getting his chance to play.

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There's no reason we can't be in the top 20.

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As long as he keeps making his car continually fast, continues to win races, he raises the bar that the rest of us have to go chase.

144

He's dying to get into that car. He's like a kid on Christmas morning when the parents won't wake up.

142

That didn't go over very well with my parents. It was not a good day for them. They were a little shocked. I told them I would go back to A&M if it didn't work out.

137

He made the officials sweat checking our cars. He was always looking for an edge. We set him loose.

129

We didn't qualify too well. I'm very hopeful that we're just looking at fine-tuning. I'm pretty optimistic about Sunday.

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