Steve Johnson Good Quotations

I had a very good feeling about this season, but 16-and-2, come on, look at who we play.

We told the kids that it's important to get off to a good start when you're playing away from home. The fact we came out aggressive on both ends of the court allowed us to accomplish this tonight.

We could not be more proud of the effort that everyone in the Champ Car community has shown in raising money for the victims of Hurricane Katrina, ... Teams, sponsors and drivers have all taken action to further the cause and our fans have responded with equal enthusiasm. We also owe a good deal of thanks to CARA for their valuable assistance in this effort to bring aid to those affected by this tragedy.

We're a good offensive team and we shoot from the perimeter. That's what we do. We weren't going to change the way we play this week. We struggled with our shot and we may have been a little intimidated by the environment this morning, but that's part of the experience.

We wanted to come out and make something happen right away. I thought we accomplished this, but we also did a good job of slowing them down with our zone defense.

(With the bye, Concord's) had nothing to think about but us, while we had to think about Garrett. If you get hit between the eyes like they did, you're going to come to play, and they're a good team. That score last time was much wider than how I think the teams compare.

Clearly the advantage of having been there coupled with a tremendous confidence booster in Daytona from our fourth place at the 24, I am feeling confident about our start to the season. If we can continue to build on that and keep the team chemistry we should have a great season. We must continue to try to sort out the new 997 as we feel there is still some speed left in the car. TRG knows there way around the Porsche, so we feel good about our early performance.

There is obviously a need to acquire more open space and there are good reasons for that bond measure to pass, but there are so many other things that cost money that we don't have.

It was important to get a lead. Ridley has been a second-half team, but we kept working at it. Last week was a tough loss, but we decided to let it go and get the job done. The defense did a good job.