Jeff Hammond Quotes

He`s a different person than he was a year ago.

High-school tennis, it was fun, ... but I got more into USTA tournaments because that`s what college coaches look for. I`m playing so much outside of school on the weekends, training with separate coaches. It was too much. I had to quit.

That helps a guy grow up in a hurry. This sport will make you grow up in a hurry.

They`re in good equipment, they`ve got good people working with them. . . .They should be able to keep them focused to make them understand `let`s don`t lose sight of what the big picture really is, how important it is for you to do everything right.` No matter how good you are you can get yourself in trouble. I think that was proven a year ago when Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jeff Gordon had some issues. Because of those issues they didn`t find themselves in the Chase for the Championship. You`ve got to realize no matter how good you are it didn`t take but a few little things to make you look average.

I don`t think there`s any way to describe how fun and exciting it was to fly with the Blue Angels. I`ve had some wild rides in my life, but this is by far the most exciting one ever.

Hey, I`ll give you some tires next week if you`ll scuff tires for me right now.

We give our fans what they want. The fans, I think, connect with the fact that we haven`t forgotten them.