Jimmy Johnson Tough Quotations

Man, before we hit the start of the race we had a flat tire. It was a really tough day for us.

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.

It's going to be so tough for all of them and I know they all do different things to help the anniversary pass, and with as little pain as possible, ... Another person I'm going to be thinking of is Brian Vickers. It's his birthday. The plane crash was on his birthday, of all things. So, as a teammate and friend, to be there for him as well as the other people that lost loved ones on the flight.

It really is a tough track for us. The entries to the corner have really given me some problems. We just can't get our car into the corner right. The transition is pretty abrupt.

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.

I love coming here. I love racing here, and I love leaving here. Then it's behind me and the stress is gone. It's a tough track. Anything can happen.

Last year was tough at the end. This year we want to make sure that we're mentally able to make it through all 36 races and especially in the final 10, regardless if we're on top of the world or if we're going through a tough time.

I think that it's going to be like that, single-file. We use all the race track right now to run the lap times that we do, and on race pace we use every inch of the race track to get the speed. ... It was easier to run side-by-side because you didn't need that extra track. Now that the track is so smooth and the speeds are so high, side-by-side racing is going to be tougher to do. And we just won't see as much of it.

But the track is so big and so fast that the way you run fast and competitive is having the gas pedal down, and down as early as possible. So it's a tough place to save fuel.

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.

The wind was really swirling. It was tough at times.