I think we felt like we had a chance to be a pretty good defense. And the only people that gave us a chance were the players and the coaches.

Our defense stepped up big tonight. To hold them to about half of what they're averaging, that's pretty good.

They don't come along very often. With the lieutenants retiring, it makes a pretty good chance for promotion.

I think qualifying was pretty good. We went out slightly earlier than some people and got a good time in, so I was quite pleased with that, and then slowly started to slip back down the order, which is kind of the normal situation as qualifying works out, everyone gets quicker towards the end. The race is a different thing. We've just got to be smart, make sure we have a good first lap, you know, see how the race pans out. It's going to be a very long, tough race. Anything can happen.

To know you're one out of 100,000 people in the biggest parade in the world, that's pretty swell.

He made one mistake and now it's costing him his life. A lot of people get a second chance. I think he deserves a second chance.