Jimmy Johnson Knew Quotations

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.

For us, we knew we had an extra day and that we could take our time and work through some things through the night and come in with a plan. We came in and made some really good changes to the car.

I had trouble on restarts all day, spinning the rear tires. And Kyle was all over me. I knew I was going to have my hands full.

That was so much fun. I knew if I could get to his outside and get around him I knew the car was going to drive good. I just didn't want to push the issue. Then they had that green-white-checker at the end.

I knew I needed to get a good, clean start. I also knew Ryan (Newman) was going to get a run on me and when he went to the top I stayed committed to the bottom. One of my friends from the off-road ranks Casey Mears was behind me and I knew I was in good shape.

I knew deep down inside my heart that this team could still win.

I have to admit, I was a little timid with it up there. I knew it was there and it was softer, but I am really trying not to bump draft. I've gotten myself into more trouble at plate tracks than I care to, so I'm just going to keep my bumper to myself.

It was pretty nerve-wracking. I knew I had to get a good re-start, and I got a good run.