Quotes by John Force

“If you stand still, youre going to get run over,”

“Its all kind of mental. When you win, you have that confidence. If you can win the Skoal Showdown, then you feel positive on race day because youve been there, youve done that, and you know that your car is running the numbers and your drivers doing the job. But also for this championship, it was tough to get there. There are guys that arent in this show that should have been there. When other cars just come from behind. The bottom line, anytime that you go in there, you know you did your job, but theres two other kids that are not in it that couldve been (Whit Bazemore and Capps), and were all trying to get in. Those kids could still be shooting toward that championship. You dont get too cocky just because youre in the Showdown or if you win it. Youve got to go to sleep at night and get ready for the next morning.”

“Im here to tell them that anybody can be beat, but it aint over till I say its over. Theres a lot of racing left and we expect to be right in the middle of it.”

“I dont know if anyone has noticed, but there are a lot of good race cars out here, ... This is the best field (of Funny Cars) Ive ever seen and that goes back to the days of Snake and Mongoose, Bernstein and the Blue Max (references to Don Prudhomme, Tom McEwen, Kenny Bernstein and the car driven by three-time champion Raymond Beadle). I raced against all of them and I got spanked regular. But, bottom line, its tougher now. There are no easy rounds.”

“Its kinda exciting, ... after you get over the gut ache you have every morning. But everybodys running out of races now. You cant make a mistake because two or three guys might pass you.”

“Itll come down to who makes the right adjustments, ... It looks like all of us have pretty good cars in the cool and pretty good cars in the heat. When youre that close, all it takes is one mistake.”

“I Saw Elvis at 1000 Feet”

“Next week, it can be turned right back around. Next week, I can come out and lose in the first round and theyll take the points lead again.”

“I actually felt kind of bad for him, because Ive been there,”

“You win with heart,”