Jimmy Johnson
Jimmy Johnson
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth16 July 1943
CountryUnited States of America
gambler system
find out who's a gambler and who's not and who can outguess the system better.
bit car recognize result
Yes, a little bit because you really have to recognize when you are being abusive to the car and as a result to the tires.
anticipate change continues cup far forward four hope learned lessons looking taught year
With my four years in Cup so far, each year had . . . a different set of pressures. I'm looking forward to it this year. I don't anticipate it to be the same. It just continues to change and intensify each year. I just hope that all the lessons I've learned so far have taught me enough that I can get it done.
california run shot start
We've got a shot at a meteoric start to the season. I've always run pretty well at California and Las Vegas.
equipment filling number people somebody
I was filling in for the 25 ... I'm not the only one that's been in somebody else's equipment or with somebody else's number on the side. There's been a lot of people doing it. It's just kind of how it is.
behind community except express good great high reunion school since stop surprised visit
I was so surprised at how the community has really been behind me. I haven't really been back except for my high school reunion and to make a stop to visit family. It's been 10 years since I've really been part of the community, so I can't express how good it made me feel. It was great being back.
bottom bought catching hard knew last matt protecting slowly
I was slowly catching Matt before that last caution. I thought long and hard about what I would do if I was protecting the lead. I knew I wanted to be on the outside. I faked kind of to the bottom and he kind of bought it.
course death feed girls jeff lions scared
Of course Jeff and I wanted to see the lions feed and the girls were scared to death that would happen.
capable chance percent pride team
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.
final last mentally races regardless sure top tough year
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.
expect position team tear work
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.
cause character follow good leaders military people
Military leaders aren't made. They are born, ... To be a good leader, you have to have something in your character to cause people to follow you.
five four hit last leading lost momentum near needed points races reason stride top
Momentum and leading the points would be the same thing, ... Last year, we were near the top and lost the momentum. We didn't lead the points going into (the playoff), and the reason was that we weren't where we needed to be. We were doing everything we could, but we really hit our stride four or five races in.
champion clean everybody felt final last team
Last year, everybody felt that the champion was going to be a team that made it clean through the final 10,