288 Quotes by Jeff Gordon

It was a hell of a night. It's just one of those nights. You'll have those good nights when things will happen. We thought we had it at one time. I don't know if we just got a bad set of tires, over-adjusted or what. We were really looking good and then things just went backwards. We struggled back and forth all night.

I was hoping it was just a tire. We know we have a better car next week.

It was like my car would just stop, and everything I tried to do just wouldn't work.

I think having those no-bumping zones out there did make a difference. There was certainly some desperation for the guys who had to race their way into the 500, but I think we saw a heck of lot less crashes than we would have seen without NASCAR making that change.

It was more to get ready for this year. We had new people on board and we tried to build some momentum. We can't really jump to many conclusions here.

I think from what I've seen so far, the guys are doing a fantastic job. We've just been seeing this trend more and more over the last six, eight years of rookies just being able to come in and perform well, win races and put consistency together and also come in with strong race teams.

I've known Steve for a long time. He has a lot of talent and we're excited about where the team is now.

I still think we have a great shot at this championship.

I want to apologize to the fans. That was absolutely uncalled for what happened today. To run that many laps under caution, all the disputes on pit road, I'm embarrassed by it and I want to apologize.