I’m not feeling as optimistic, obviously,

It doesn’t matter much where you start. Obviously, you don’t want to start clear at the back of the pack, but once you’re back six or eight spots, it’s almost all the same.

It’s a hard thing not to be overconfident because they say, ‘Well, you had such a great year last year, what do you expect this year? Certainly, I’d like to win the championship, but, boy,...

I tell you what, it was a great run for our National Guard car, … The thing ran flawless all day. I’ll finish second to Mark Martin any day of the week. He drove his...

It’s not over and I’m not giving up, but I am also realistic, … We needed a good day. We had a bad day.

All of them all the way down the garage, but it’s like that for any driver, it’s not just me,

But the last two weeks we’ve gotten it done, so we’re back on track.

People are starting to feel the pressure. You’ve got to get into the chase. I think that’s got people on alert of having to drive hard. Some guys are driving over the head. Some veterans,...

It was clear that we had a winning car.

It’s definitely had an effect today. I mean, we’re making changes on the car and we go back out and make another run and it’s slower. So it’s like it should have been faster, but...

We wanted to win here tonight, … Kyle (Busch) got a great restart, great job by those guys tonight. They deserve it. Just a great job by my guys in the pit. We adjusted the...

We just missed that win by a little bit, … What we needed to do was get a good top 10 and that’s what we did. I think we had the right strategy. I was...

Right in the rule book, clearly, ‘any device or anything that alters the height of the car beside the jack bolt’ which you put the (wrench) down in and turn and (it) raises and lowers...

One is I like job security,

The lap was absolutely perfect. Down in Turns 3 and 4 is where I got all my speed. I just got right back to the gas earlier than I ever have. When you have a...

[Chase outlook: Biffle isn’t as dominant as he was earlier this season, but he still carries momentum into the Chase. He had a slight slump in July and early August, but his worst finish in...

I think (Tony Stewart) is clearly the one we’re going to be chasing, … That team has figured out something that has made them pretty good at these places.

Until about 20 (laps) to go, and then everybody is going to be racing for that million and a half dollars.

He’s a tough customer. He runs really well. He’s a smart race car driver. He thinks. He executes. They’re going to be very hard to beat.

The cars that we were winning with in the beginning of the season really are similar to what we have now,

Obviously, you’ve got to make the chase first, so first things first – get in the chase. But I’ve been saying it all along since last year, I want to skip the first 26 races...

I love truck racing,

We got ourselves into a little bit of a hole in Daytona but I have no doubt that this team will turn it around this weekend. We’re taking a car that’s already been to victory...

I’m really nervous, because anything can happen.

This is what people pay their money to come see … is big crashes at Talladega, … Everybody loves it.

I feel awesome, … I think that before tonight I felt like we were the team to beat and I still do. We’ve got so much momentum. Our cars are running fast. I really feel...

I like racing at Michigan, … There’s a lot of room to race and we seem to do well there.

Everybody is going to have the same thing. To me, that’s going to be disastrous. I’ve heard all secondhand information. I haven’t sat down and said, ‘What exactly are we going to be able to...

The race car is harder to drive. If there was an in-car camera that could have watched me saw on that wheel for 500 laps, there wasn’t one time I could relax.

I was just loose all day, … I thought I might have too much rear spring for it and it kind of took a dive for life and put some rubbers in the left-rear spring...

You know what, our whole team feels really, really good about last week — like we won almost. Spirits are high because the fact is that we have good race cars and we’re running very...

There’s a noticeable difference between the Fusion and the Taurus. The Fusion, I think, is going to be a lot better car for us.

We got ourselves into a little hole in Daytona. But I have no doubt this team will turn it around this weekend.

They’re going to have to have another off day like they did at Dover and we’re going to have to not get a flat tire in order to close in on them,

The competition has caught up. It’s clear that Tony Stewart and all those teams — which keep in mind, they were all right there, second, third, fourth, when I was winning those races — so...

I could’ve pushed him out of the way, but that’s not the way I want to get wins. He was protecting the bottom. His car was really slow. We were way faster than he was,...

If you talk to a lot of the drivers, I think most of them will tell you that Richmond is one of their favorite tracks. It’s just a driver’s track. We’re taking a car that...

They tell me it’s my imagination and that there was nothing wrong with (the tires), so I decided to run a couple of laps and I should have trusted my first instinct and pitted.

It was clear that we had a winning car. When all you have to do is lift on the gas pedal and elect not to run into the car in front of you on the...

I’d like to leave here with a 30 point lead in the standings, … This is a big race for us. With Talladega coming up next, you never know what can happen there. So we...

Kyle got a great restart, … Great job by those guys tonight. They deserve it.

The paint scheme is awesome, … The guys in the shop were pretty excited about it and that says a lot. We won last year’s race in a special paint scheme with the ‘Flash’ car,...

From the eye, the track looks good,

Tony has a problem with running you into the fence the second he gets position. We were running side by side, and he started running me into the fence.

They’ve got their work cut out for them if they’re going to get under my skin. You can clearly see guys, the minute they get upset about something or get something in their head, they...

I like job security,

I’m pretty optimistic. We’ve got a really, really good car and know the race track fairly well. We know what we need to do to win.

That’s pretty unlikely, as well, so we can only do as good as we can do and can’t really worry about the outcome. We’re worried about it, but we really can’t do anything about the...

So I’m saying we’re not out of it.

[Biffle] was really excited following him [and] that sounds kind of funny, … Don’t get me wrong, I was going to pass him if I could, but I was real excited following him … thinking...