It's been a complete 180. It's hard to imagine that this was basically the same group of guys from a year ago.

He told us this is your team, and that he was our coach. Then he said something about us beating Florida that I can't repeat.

They've done a great job of marketing the product. The day after he was hired, Coach Pearl was on Cumberland Avenue, talking to all of the students at the restaurant, asking them how the school could make going to games a better experience. Everyone is pretty fired up.

I have to be honest and say I think NASCAR was a lot more proactive in this situation than anybody has given them credit for. Did Dale's accident speed that up? Yes it did.

The loss of a child is totally different because it's contrary to nature, ... When it happens, you question everything you've ever known.

I had to be the only child in this country who ever called his father 'The King.'