Jeff Ward Quotations

When I offered Fran the job, I told him I'd done this one other time and that was when I hired Stefanie Pemper,

All of our kids miss him. They ask where he is. What are we supposed to tell our kids?

A lot of the kids congratulated me (after the game). I, of course, congratulated them. ... Their attitude has been good. They want to win. We're getting to where we can pull it off.

Sometimes when you're an AD, it's better to be lucky than to be good, ... The quality of the program that (Ainscough) left us meant that, although it was a quick search, it was an impressive group of people who applied for the job. It was amazing.

He is an amazing guy with them. He's not only been here for our kids but been there for us (parents).

I've been in this position several times in my career, ... You really can't afford to approach the last race any differently. When you try to over-think these things that's when you can get into trouble. I'm coming into Reno with the same attitude I do at every race. I want to win and that's what I'm going to try to do. We have two rounds at Reno and the second round is worth double points. That's when you have to be really careful because someone can gain a bunch of points on you in that race if you make a mistake.

I've raced here for three years, and it's always great. Except for the weather changing every five minutes.

The reason I'm in the position I'm in right now is because of bad luck on the part of Doug Henry, ... Before his crash there's no question that Henry was the rider to beat. When he went out for the season it turned the whole series upside down. I had a really good weekend at Copper Mountain and came out of there with a solid lead. Now I've just got to keep plugging away in these last two races and hope everything goes OK. If I'm in a position to win the last race I think I'll go for it just like I did last year in Las Vegas.

It was great to win all four. I never dreamed of doing that. It was unfortunate that Doug got hurt and I would've loved to have (Pastrana) stay in there, but that helped me a lot.

This is aimed at those small and medium-sized livestock producers, ... This could be a valuable tool for them.