F. Schumacher Quotations

Unions are asking for more, but we are still a long way from excessive demands. The wage restraint continues.

With these last few races all coming in quick succession, there was no reason to expect a big change in our performance level,

We knew what kind of prolific scorer he could be, and he's come along well. Some freshmen take longer to come around.

We achieved more than we expected but I am still not satisfied because I did not do a perfect lap in the traffic at the end of the session.

The fact is we were too slow here and we did not look too competitive,

Like everyone we expected the track to dry out a lot faster than it did. Instead the track was incredibly slow to dry out. It was amazing how slippery the circuit was, and I can't remember seeing a race like that. We came straight back in and that enabled us to score some points. The team did a great job but we just got one decision wrong.

Luckily this is a circuit where we know from last year that overtaking is almost impossible unless someone makes a mistake.

Last year, we didn't know for a long time if we would manage to get the new car ready in time.

Last year, we came here with some disastrous performance, one of the worst races we had in the year. This year, there is good reason to believe we'll be happy people leaving this place.

So it's actually filmed out here on the street? That's pretty cool.

Some crew chief has to be the best. In Top Fuel it's obviously Alan Johnson. I compare it to chess. We all basically have the same pieces and play on the same board, but some guys are just better than others. I can't give you an answer why and I bet Alan can't either. It's just the way it is. He's very expensive, but worth every penny.

She had some big shots from that left side and hit some big free throws. Both her and Shannon (Eggers) hit some key free throws and in our losses, we didn't do that.

Nobody expected this and now that it's there we will work very hard to fight back again. It's not a big surprise and that's the way it goes. It is honestly a surprise it did take that long before it happened.

One of the toughest things to teach a high school kid is how to win. When you have a tough game like this and you find a way to win, the kids confidence sky-rockets.

No, I don't feel we got screwed because we got such a great reception. People still rave about it all the time.

I was freaked out. I get nervous, believe me. I kept asking the guys if we got bumped. It was like in '99 at Memphis when we didn't make a good pass in round one and then it started raining and raining. Joe Amato would have passed us in the points if we didn't qualify but NHRA gave us all one more chance Sunday morning and we got in. I got no sleep that night.

I was sadder for the actors than I was for me because when you do good work in this industry, you get more work. Colin got a whole career from it.

I would have liked to win, but then there is only so much you can do for it, and this time it was Fernando. I'm certainly not complaining about finishing second. There are several good teams, all of which are capable of battling for the title, and it's great to be one of them.

I have enough hobbies to keep me busy. It's possible that I will look for a new sport -- like, perhaps, horse riding.

I'd much rather be in my spot, there's no question about it.

I don't know why Tyler has lost 10 straight. On film, they look good. It's just come down to one or two plays they haven't been able to make.

I'd been looking forward to this for a long time, ... It was worth it, super fun.

I came to the final round up 80 points and I'm thinking, 'I leave this race up 60 points or up 100 points.' That's huge.

I'm anxious to see James Davis. He's 7-3, weighs 300 pounds, but I hear he moves well. Of all the players he could have the most NBA potential.

I'm a realist, and some races ago I pretty much knew that it's no longer possible to fight for the championship, and especially after Turkey,

I have been champion for a long time and I am more surprised by how long it has been. I always knew it would end one day.

Great. What else can you say? We had an amazing weekend.

Getting four wins in a row, winning the Bud Shootout, all the other stuff, it starts to blow you away, ... It was an unbelievable weekend for Schumacher Racing.

I ended up running a bit wide in a corner when a gust of wind pushed the car from behind, when I had no more room to brake.

For travel and convenience, I prefer it the way we've had it this year, I must say. It was nice to first go to Malaysia, have a week's break before coming here and then be going home for the European races.

This wasn't like the San Jacinto game. We were closer there. We just need to do a better job of offensive execution.

Having him on the team is a bonus. He's an absolute blast. He's a fun kid, but he knows when to compete.

Going from two wheels to four, we've seen in the past that this can be done.

He's going to get it (a win) for us. It doesn't matter what weight class. (The other team) is going to run from Scotty. It's fantastic to have guys like that.

We may decide to keep it at junior colleges. Another option could be moving it to the Final Four.

Hall is a big kid on the block. He sets up the inside-outside game, and Lon Morris has some good shooters.

I think it is huge. I'm excited. I think the verdict is strong. The courts, I believe, will uphold it even at the appellate level.

It barely opened anywhere! They didn't put any money behind it at all.

I think with 12 to 13 minutes left, we stepped up our level of play. We were in a lull in the first half.

I think the first half was our best defensive half of the season. I think our guys are starting to play extremely hard every time now. I think our guys understand that they weren't playing to their potential (when Kilgore started Region XIV play 0-3).

I think the better option is to be in a chain-link area. But I also realize that would be putting a burden on each person if we made that a requirement, ... I doubt if a normally docile dog would become violent (by being chained up for short periods). I understand their message. It just brings to light that having a pet is a responsibility.

I think we'll see a very close fight between three or four teams. I am pretty optimistic we'll be one of them along with Renault and Honda, I think. Whether we'll win it, we'll see, but we'll be in it, I think.

I think we have found the solution to a lot of our problems.

I think that compared to other teams we are looking competitive, but in order to see whether we are really quick enough to aim for the top we need to wait till everybody is running on low fuel with new tires.

I think that compared to other teams we are looking competitive.

It has a special meaning to me. Right now, I'm so focused on what comes next.

I will decide at mid-season whether to continue or not in 2007. It depends on how competitive we are.

I was lucky with the safety car. With all the back markers we went through and finished third. It was great. We're strong people and we're looking forward to the next races.

It is a pity that we missed out on the points but that was not the best afternoon for me.

It is an unusual situation. Normally, you would expect the government to err on the optimistic side.

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Overall this was a good tournament for us. The kids did a nice job of responding after losing to Badger. We have the big part of our schedule coming up and the key for us is to concentrate and play a full 36 minutes each night.

(Renault) feels less competitive here than elsewhere. We were very competitive except at one point when I think something was wrong with the car. I think we should be pretty good from now on. It's getting very close between the top teams.

Renault currently look the strongest team, followed by three teams, Honda, Mercedes and Ferrari.

Our pace is good and so is our whole package. We're back. Our new aerodynamics and also our improvements in the engine are a definite step in the right direction.

Park Rapids runs an unbalanced line formation trying to outnumber you on either side of the line. We have to be disciplined on defense.

That final round when (crew chief) Alan (Johnson) says, 'Big round,' you know it's important because he never says that.

That all started because I saw Run Silent, Run Deep on television,

My overriding memory of childhood is having the freedom to decide which way to go in life and having my parents' support.

My mother and father had always supported us. They made it possible to do what we do and she would have wanted that we did this race today, I am sure.

I was very proud of the way they came back and put us in a position to win. I don't think there was very much more they could have done.

It feels great. We had an amazing weekend. We've done a lot of work. We made some mistakes in the last race, very obviously. In general over the weekend we were very competitive.

It doesn't really matter to me. I know both the circuits so well, one year here and another there is quite a good idea.

I think Jensen Button is a major rival this year

Man, that was intense, ... I didn't expect that I would have to pedal it right there, but I didn't want to give up that $100,000 without fighting for it. I wish everyone could experience that rush because then they'd know why we do what we do. It's just great to win the Budweiser Shootout and get $100,000, 50 cases of beer, and a ride with the Clydesdales.

That was a very tough race. The timing of the safety car period worked to our advantage early on and we were in good shape. We were quick in the conditions, everything was going well and the strategy was well defined. Then we just decided to go onto dry tyres too early. It was a very close decision, but we took it together and we got it wrong.

That was a very interesting race and it is obviously good news to have scored our first point of the year so we are very happy.

That was the biggest concern I had, seeing Ralf sitting so long in the car,

I was pushing to the maximum to try and close on Jenson Button and pass him.

I was on the outside and I tried and there was no opportunity.

Most of all, I see the same fighting spirit (at Ferrari) that I feel. We're all on the same page; we want to play a major role in the fight for the title (in 2006). So we're going to go for it again.

Winning has been in the back of my mind and has made me move forward, prepare myself, get the act together in the factory.

We had an amazing weekend. A lot of work, we made some mistakes in the last race and to come here and perform the way we performed...well you can see the result.

We could face cold conditions, but you never know what the weather will bring there.

We've been fortunate to have won Indy three straight years. Each win was that much more exciting, let me tell you. It never gets old winning the U.S. Nationals How can it? It's our biggest race of the year and the most prestigious.

We can accept this result, considering everything that has happened over the weekend. I don't think that we could have achieved much more.

We can accept the result considering everything that has happened over the weekend.

We have not decided yet, how much longer we will be testing here. I'm willing to do anything that's necessary.

Unfortunately weather like that means that this will be a hard weekend for all the teams. Obviously it makes it very difficult to pick which dry tyre to run ? if we ever get a chance to run on dries this weekend. It makes tomorrow busier, too. We'll have to go out in the wet eventually. There have been no wet races yet this year and at Toyota we haven't done much testing in the wet either. So we'll have to wait and see how it works out.

You do not need to be very prophetic to say the Championship is over.

To witness that ... wow. That was the fun part of it.

You don't need a strong home base for sales anymore. You just need Germany to be a good base for manufacturing.

We worked very hard, naturally -- because of our misfortune and the mistakes we made in the last weeks -- to make up ground and here we are, and we've made up significant ground. Obviously the race is important -- this is one step towards it -- but seeing where Fernando, in particular, is it's great for us in terms of first strategy and hopefully result as well by the end of the race.

When James got the three-point play off the tip, that was huge. Our guys never gave up.

When I was doing "8mm", my agents called me and said, "There's this hot script by Larry Cohen, and there's a bidding war for it. Fox is in the lead and if they get it, they want to do it with Mel Gibson and they want you to direct it.

With "Batman and Robin," I was opening toy stores in Sydney, Australia. I had awards for selling more "Batman" merchandise than any human being in the world.

With ""Batman and Robin,"" I was opening toy stores in Sydney, Australia. I had awards for selling more ""Batman"" merchandise than any human being in the world.

The only thing I have to say is that it was a pretty strong move and next time I will have him off the track,

When you are not as competitive as you want to be, you try everything you can to improve and my spin was partly the result of that.

When we took that 8 percent from Canada away, we had the most robust market we ever had.

We've been practicing his kicking all week. But he was about at his limits.

We've had various tests obviously during the winter and things have in general improved compared to what was our position and situation last year.

We've had a really big push from everybody and as you can see, this is the result.

We all have a circle of people we trust, and I trust Nancy. She has vast experience -- more than 20 years in fact -- and a vast knowledge of Broadway and advertising, and she has wisely guided me.

You have to hand it to Paris. They did a good shot of putting on pressure. Our offense didn't get into a rhythm.

What an awesome team, ... Our team's running so great. I am deep in the Funny Car battle, and I'm just a spectator over there. It's just fun to watch. It's so much fun to be a part of it.

What?s funny is that a lot of people think Michael has achieved so much success compared to me because he loves motor racing and I don?t, which is crazy.

We figured there might be one or two people who would break 100.

We're very excited to be in the regional tournament. We won't do anything different for the last two games. We're playing for seeding.

We feel pretty strongly that we can be competitive here. Every race now is important for us.