We've come a long way with these kids, ... The effort is there. They're hungry. They have high expectations.

We know the kids give 100 percent effort. But we need to improve in the mental aspect of the game. They have to focus and do a lot of repetitions in practice.

To end the way it [did], he blames himself. This is a team effort. Everybody's got a lot of expectations and he's supposed to better than everybody else. It's not going to work like that. You just have to come to the ballpark and do your job and do the best you can.

Business demand consistently exceeded our expectations throughout most of calendar year 2000, and in an effort to meet our customer expectations we continued to increase our inventory and capacities to keep up with rising demand.

The pressure isn't on those kids, and that makes a difference. When you've got the pressure of expectations, it works on you. Working for Jeff Gordon is like a no-win situation - if you do good, well, you're supposed to do good with Jeff Gordon, and if you don't, well then it's your fault. And our deal is the same way.

Our team is so green that there are not a lot of expectations and the kids are a little nervous, but they're ready to go. It's a real young team, but they're capable and they have the ability to surprise the heck out of me, so that's exciting.