When we first started looking for dealers it was a bit discouraging, ... We would get turned down as a dealer for one reason or another. But we kept saying when one door closes, God opens up two more. Now here we are with Duesenberg USA. It is definitely a good door!

It was a bit discouraging (Thursday), but I knew it was the first round and there's a lot of holes to go. So, for some reason, I was still calm. There are a couple of holes here that can jump up and bite you. You've just got to try to learn how to stay a little more patient and not get ahead of yourself.

Everybody has turned it up a notch. The teams that were a little bit short years ago have narrowed the gap. You can't pick a team to play. It's one of those things that's hard to put a finger on other than to say, 'Everybody's good.' And it's not just coach talk.

When I first turned pro, I didn't really have any conception of how long it would take me,

When we really started doing this in August 2004, we had this format. We we're looking for a different format and we came up with this idea, our original idea.

It's more frustrating than discouraging. In all three losses, we turned the ball over way too much.