David Leslie Quotations

There is no question about that. We do have to step up to the plate in that area. I think we are confident and if you look at the Under-17 Boys, six of them qualifying in the 100. That is a very good sign.

The reality in Oregon is that we are addicted.

We are taking particular interest in the relays this time around and not just running with if we have somebody that can run a 100.

When he makes a play, he comes down the court with a big grin. He's loves being on the court.

I'd like to see us improving on what we had last year.

From where started, I think it is too far down to try and win a championship at the end of the season, although we had a very good first race at Mondello and scored some good points.

I enjoy what I do - developing cars, moving forwards and getting the best out of them. And yes, a lot of people would like to do what I do.

I don't think it's so much of a disadvantage setting up from scratch.

We take full responsibility, but we are always looking at ways that the technical aspects of the meets could flow.

It is expensive to start from scratch though.

I would like to become champion, but I'm realistic about it.

Unfortunately we don't have all the bits and pieces on the car that we had hoped to have by this stage so we've got to make as good a job as we can with what we have and we feel we are doing well with that at the moment.

We don't have a lot of people - we don't have the budget for a lot of people. But we have a budget to do the job, but with no wastage.

We've had to set a workshop up; we've had to equip the workshop and everything else. But all that equipment is there now and whatever projects they want to use it for in the future.

The team's aims are do to the best we can basically.

The team is very enthusiastic - everyone is trying hard to do their best, and everyone is putting a lot of effort in to moving forward and getting the right results and it's a very good, close-knit team.

The one I was driving for at the time, Nissan, they pulled out after they won the championship, because it was costing millions of pounds to do a national championship and ok, that might be ok when you're doing an international championship, but not for a national one.

A crime versus people is a crime versus God. It undercuts what it means to be a part of a caring world.

Some other people are very lucky and always get in to the very best teams at the very best times and therefore go out and score lots of championship points and be in with a chance of the championship.

So, while we have no expectations of going out and winning the Teams championship, we do have expectations of finishing on the top step of the podium.

It's a good team though that works very closely and very well together, and all those people putting that effort in, then I'm sure we will improve dramatically from where we are now as the season goes on.

Not everyone in Oregon gambles. But to succeed a lottery needs a class of people who are problem gamblers and pathological gamblers.

It will be hard work. It's always hard work, and hard work from everybody within the team - technical director, mechanics, drivers, engineers - everyone in the team.

It will be a Vauxhall driver - I'm convinced of that. I believe they still have the upper hand with their car, although they say they don't.

I tend to join teams at the very beginning when they start and then do the development work, and we work our way through until we become champions.

I am very happy with it and working with this team is really good. They all have the same ideas and want to move forward and do a good job.