The things drivers will say

It was an interesting day at Auto Club Speedway with a lot of interesting comments from drivers. So here's Quotes of the day from the track.

 

# "How can something so small create your heart to feel so much love and so much pain all at the same time?'' --- Elliott Sadler on his newborn son, Wyatt, born Monday.

 

# "Nope, it's an accountant.'' -- Carl Edwards on his phone ringing after his press conference Friday. He's awaiting word on when his wife will go into labor.

 

# "I looked at all the cameras here and thought "Danica Patrick must be here this weekend.' '' -- Jeff Gordon on the increased media attention at Auto Club Speedway.

 

# "I'm still amazed at the week I've had and to come here and be on the pole, I really can't believe it.'' -- Daytona 500 winner Jamie McMurray on his fantastic week.

 

# "I didn't feel like the way we operated at Daytona that we could win races and win championships.'' -- Matt Kenseth on why he talked to team officials about making a change that led to Todd Parrott replacing Drew Blickensderfer as crew chief.

 

# "I actually have enough productive stuff to dowith my life other than sit there and tell everybody what I'm doing every minute of every day.'' -- Tony Stewart on if he thought Twitter could help him.

 

# "Where did your belly go?'' -- What Steve Letarte's daughter asked the crew chief for Jeff Gordon one day. Letarte has lost 50 pounds since last year.

 

# "You've got to understand that none of us want them to repave that race track.'' -- Jeff Gordon talking about the issues at Daytona (although Dale Jr. has said he's for repaving the track).

 

# "Just give me a good car and I can run real good with it.'' -- Dale Earnhardt Jr.

 

# "Let's be honest, the pothole thing sucked.'' -- Jeff Burton talking about last week's Daytona 500 and then adding how great the racing was.

 

# "I think he said some powerful things, and I think he was really honest. That's a great starting point, and I can only imagine how difficult it is in that entire situation. So I think he's off to a strong start.'' -- Jimmie Johnson when asked if he saw Tiger Woods' statement on TV Friday.

 

# "All we have is four guys and we lost one this week, so we're down to three.'' -- Dave Blaney talking about his crew after qualifying fifth for Sunday's race.

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