Sterling Marlin Quotations

I don't know what happened. I reached down to look at my oil temperature, and when I looked back up everyone was dead stopped. The only silver lining is that our backup car should be as good as our primary. We came down here testing last month and had a tough time deciding which car to bring back, so that's a good sign for Sunday.

He was really the one that got me into racing. When I first started racing, he said, 'Boy, if you're going to drive these cars, you're going to learn to work on them. You have to build the trailer, build the cars and the motors and do it all.' For me it makes me appreciate it a lot more.

Starting from the back was a disadvantage. But we drove through the field and then stayed in the lead draft and kept our nose clean most of the day. It really looked like we were going to have a good, solid finish until something happened to the #2 car (Kurt Busch). I don't know if he got into the wall or if someone turned him into the fence but he came down in front of us and knocked the nose off the car. Our chance for a win was done after that.

We just couldn't find the right combination. The team really worked hard at it, but it was one of those days when nothing seemed to click.

We're just barely on the outside looking in. It's a little bit of pressure, but I'm certain our Ginn Clubs & Resorts Chevy will be top-notch. Not only am I confident we'll make this weekend's race, I'm optimistic we can bring home a great finish.

What a shame. The Waste Management Chevrolet was really good all day and I was having fun out there. We had a rocket and I'm confident at least a top-10 finish was in our future?maybe even the win. But things just didn't work out for us the way they were supposed to.

You look at 2001, we were third in points and no one gave us much of a chance when the season started. We came back last year and had the same team, the same everybody and led points.

So now I have somebody to share my pain with.

This is the most optimistic I've been in a long time. I've got some unfinished business.

That's about the 1,000th and tenth time (I've been asked about my neck). It's OK. I'm been doing a little stuff. I got some stuff from UT, weights to build you back up.

Everybody puts a lot of emphasis on qualifying here. This is the pole that everybody wants to win.

It just shows how good the guys in the shop are putting stuff together.

It's disappointing that something like that happened so early in such a long race. There were guys up there racing like it was the last lap-- making it five wide-- it's ridiculous. We were on lap nine-- there's just no call for that.

It seemed like when we ran second, they beat us. When the opportunity came along to join them, there was no second-guessing.

It was a pretty wild ride. The race wasn't bad, but qualifying would take your breath.

It took Mama a second or two to figure out what he said, ... Once she did, she was pretty mad. But Daddy got her calmed down, we finished dinner and headed to the track.

I guess everybody saw it. It's a deal where I'd been racing cars a long time and I knew going around the track the fender was on the tire hard.

I love racing these short tracks. It's fun and exciting, and a great show for the fans and drivers. There's never a dull moment out there. It's as much about experience and thinking as it is about a good race car.

I'll probably run two more years. If I can still win me some races, I might do it some more. You know, Harry Gant was still competitive at 54.

I know he didn't know what hit him, but I couldn't believe it.

I know it sounds kinda crazy, but working on the farm is something I enjoy. I like to get out and just putter around.

I know I can still win races and feel like this team will give me a chance to do that. I plan to run only a couple more years, and I'd like to win a few more before I'm done.

I know I can still drive a race car and I know I'm capable of winning races. That's what was so frustrating about the last few years.

I just looked over to switch the oil cooler fan off and when I looked up everybody was stopped. I hit the brakes and started sliding but I couldn't get it stopped. I guess I'll take the blame for it.

I guess you could say I like coming out of the gate strong. Hopefully, it will be the same with my new ride. I honestly believe we're going to go to the Daytona 500 and win it.

All-in-all, it wasn't a bad afternoon. Doug (Randolph, crew chief) did a great job in the pits making changes. We just started off really free and could never quite get it where we wanted it.

A guy came to the shop every day. A lot of guys put the foam like stuff that forms to you, kinda like the Indy car guys run. He fitted it up and it felt real good, so we're going to try to run it.

The car feels real good and we've got good motors. So far, so good.

The guys have a lot of good cars built up. We're going to do some more testing before we go back to Las Vegas and try to win at Vegas again. We need to get off to a quick start.

I feel safe when I'm on the racetrack, I really do. I know that I'm surrounded by the best drivers in the world. That's something you can't say when you're driving down the interstate.

I got run over by a bug-eyed dummy, I guess.

After Richmond, we went to Dover and tested that week at Kentucky. I was going to Dover and we had to get the trainer to meet us at the airport. I had to do some therapy on my ribs they hurt so bad.

The hardest part was getting the window net hooked back. I didn't think I was ever going to get it hooked. I finally got it hooked. If I'd known that I wouldn't have tried to hook it.

We're having a good time. That's what I did last year. If you can't have a good time, you might as well stay home. I feel real good.

I think we'll be in pretty good shape. We've got the same car we ran in all the speedway races since 2001, and it's been a real good car for us. It's led every race we've been in.

That's about the 1000th and tenth time (I've been asked about my neck). It's OK. I'm been doing a little stuff. I got some stuff from UT, weights to build you back up.

We felt like when we went into last year we had a pretty good chance to win the championship from the previous year with the fall we put together. We've got the same everything now, so I think we can come back and be as strong this year.

It's good way to relax when I come home from the road. When you're out there on the tractor there's nobody to bother you.