28 Quotes by Jamie McMurray

This is the hardest place, I think, to qualify because you can have a good car and it's so easy to lock the front brakes up or overdrive the corner. It's one of those places where you can be in the top five in practice and qualify 20th. It's so close.

There was a lot of pressure. I wasn't with one of the best Busch teams. When I got in Sterling's car, it had won two races that year. I knew the car was there, the team, the pit crew and everything. I was fortunate.

It's definitely different from where I came from - a good different.

I need to apologize to Kurt. I got into him. That was 100 percent my fault.

If people above me get things worked out, and it happens, I would rather be at Roush Racing next year because that's where my future is, ... And it's getting kind of tough to stay with a team you know you're not going to be with the following year. You still get in and drive your guts out and give 100 percent, but if I had my choice, I'd rather be at Roush next year.

I know it's a good story for the rest of the week but just go on and forget about it.

I know it's a good story for the rest of the week, but just go on and forget about it.

Honestly, last Monday, when I spoke with Chip, I really felt that I was going to be in the 42 car next year, and I was fine with that because I had signed a contract that said that's where I was going to be,

The guys we are trying to beat have been running strong lately. It's imperative that we either maintain or move ahead of them at California.