Jimmy Johnson Team Quotations

Mishandling the quarterback position can tear a team apart, because just like every fan, every player's got an opinion. And if Garcia doesn't work out, don't expect Harrington to come back and be a savior.

Obviously, it was very damaging. But this team is 100 percent capable of winning. This is their chance to shine. Our pride is on the line.

I hate it for the fans and anyone else watching and listening to think that this stuff puts a black cloud over (the) No. 48 team at times.

Last year, everybody felt that the champion was going to be a team that made it clean through the final 10,

Like I said, we're only off a bit, ... But it's so hard to break through that last bit. The No. 24 team has always been really good at it with all the championships and race wins he's had.

I think one big factor is testing and when a team chooses to test. We have been saving our test sessions for the final ten. We have three more tests coming up.its hard to know why you go from dominating to running tenth. But we have seen it a lot this year. Teams get on a hot streak and then people catch up.

Three road games. That's a long trip across the country (to Seattle). This was a beat-up football team and a tired football team.

Unfortunately, with a struggling team, with the team they have right now, two things happen. They are not good enough to overcome those turnovers. And then the second thing, I don't think Brett has as many great plays (in him) as what he has had in years past.

We are a championship team and we have been waiting for the final 10 to get here.

This was a team that wanted to make a statement.

After all the trouble this team has been through and all the criticism, I'm dedicating this to the haters of the 48 team.

Defensively they actually have picked it up a little up, ... I think they have made some improvement defensively. But offensively, you just can't turn the ball over like they have. You turn the ball over with a struggling team and you have a loss there.

There's been a lot of hating on the 48 team over the last year. I kind of look at is jealousy and (Newman) doesn't have a crew chief in there working hard enough to get the job done.

It's a tough situation without Chad, but it's asked every member of the team to step up and take on more responsibilities and to deal with different things. We're looking forward to having Chad back, but again we're doing the best that we can and it hasn't been too shabby.

It's been a tough week for us. I wish Chad was here, I know he is kicking the TV set in right now, so bummed out. His hard work got this team to where it is.

Not at all. This is the opposite of that. If you think about what we overcame, and the pressure that's on any team in any sport if they're faced with something like this, this is a huge, huge statement.

I want to know who is going to predict us to be healthy? Who's going to be the weak team in the Pac-10 this year? It's going to be tough to find one.

I want to know who is going to predict us to be healthy? ... Who's going to be the weak team in the Pac-10 this year? It's going to be tough to find one.

It was just a real solid day for the Lowe's team today,

I knew deep down inside my heart that this team could still win.

I personally am not a huge fan of this new testing plan. I understand the reasons behind it, but I hate that if a team is in need, they can't go out and try to better themselves. If you're off, I don't really see a lot of chances where a team can pinpoint its problems and work through them.

I look at that and wish maybe we played the strategy that (Dale Jarrett) did where he sat at the back and stayed out of trouble and then came through and was even able to win the race, ... We considered a lot of things at Talladega and we felt like the best thing for our team was to race for the win and to be up front and stay out of trouble that way and it didn't really play out.