Jamie McMurray Quotes (23 Quotes)

When Mike Helton talks, everyone listens. He's a very powerful voice.

I had like the mystery car that you could never find anything wrong with it. I've never been this bad before.

I could see Ryan ahead of me all night and they kept telling me I had to beat him. We just couldn't get there.

You just have to be aware of who you are around. You know the guys who are going to take chances, so you stay away from them. There a lot of people who maybe have one coming, and this could be the night (they get it).

I think it's the hardest place to qualify. You can have a good car, but ... it's one of those places you can certainly be in the top five in practice and qualify 20th.

There's something about when Mike Helton talks, everybody listens. He has a very powerful voice.

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.

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.

There's a lot more worse things in life right now than not making the Chase.

The whole night was like Russian roulette. You just wait for a tire to blow out and hope it wasn't yours.

I got into him and it was my fault. He had a car capable of winning and I screwed that up for him.

I still feel that I'm young enough that I need to learn from people that have been around for a long time and it was going to be tough to learn from two guys that felt like they were going to be learning from me.

There are a lot of people that have one coming. This could be the night.

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.

I need to apologize to Kurt. I got into him, that was 100 percent my fault and I feel really bad because he had a car capable of winning and I kind of screwed that up for him.

But this week is a lot better. I even played golf this week.

When Mike Helton speaks, people listen.

They got such a big run. It's easy to get to the lead it's just hard to keep it. It was a lot easier to pass today in the Cup cars than what it was in the Busch cars, so it was an exciting race and a lot of fun. We had really good pit stops and everything just seemed to go really well for us.

Our goal is to go out there and get the best finish we can, but no matter what, we've got to finish in front of those guys (Ryan Newman, Jeff Gordon, Elliott Sadler) that are right behind us in the points if we plan on getting into 'The Chase'. Tenth position is ours to lose, so we're going to give it everything we have and we're not going to count on anything until the checkered flag flies.

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,

We were actually pretty good, ... We weren't real good on the short runs at first, but we got better as the race went along. We kept adjusting on it. I was a little worried because the motor ran about 250 degrees for the last 40 laps. It's cool in a 500-mile race to have an engine run like that. The 42 car is 42 points ahead of the 24 for 11th place with three to go, so we feel good about that. That's another top 10, but we'd really like to win one of these last three.

We're only 12 points out of 10th, but the guys we are trying to beat have been running strong lately. Its imperative that we either maintain or move ahead of them at California so we have a shot at getting in after Richmond.

You don't want to wreck somebody to get back at him, ... I just wanted to find him after the race so I could punch him, to be honest with you. I was so mad. I thought I just wanted to hit him and that would make me feel better.