Maturity Quotes

[Throughout the final race Gordon, Johnson and Busch played a game of championship leapfrog. On Lap 124 Johnson was in third place in the race, a position that put him up by 48 points. By Lap 178 Gordon was in third place and atop the standings by 36 points. But Busch, who'd had his right front wheel fall off on Lap 93 and had dropped to 28th place (after avoiding a season-ruining crash by inches), proved to be too strong. Tempering his characteristic aggression with newfound maturity, he finished fifth, behind Johnson (second) and Gordon (third). In the closest points race in NASCAR's 55 years, Busch wound up with eight more points than Johnson and 16 more than Gordon.] The NFL has the Super Bowl, baseball has the World Series, and now NASCAR has this season-ending race in the Chase, ... I've never driven so hard in my life. Man, what a couple of weeks! - Kurt Busch

[The pageant is not just about charities and talents for Kirkman it also shows a respect and love for her maturity.] Our happiness level depends on what we focus on and I choose to focus on the good, and that's the way I survived. I look at my age so much differently now. Really, I do anything I want to do... We don't have to hit a rocking chair when we get 60 years old; we still have a lot of energy and talents to contribute to our society. - James Kirkman

[Stevens] did well; the thing that I like about is that she showed her maturity. She got in and out of trouble, but she was able to execute some pitches late in the game and come out with the win. - Tim Walton

[People in Chechnya] have again demonstrated in the most convincing way their strength of character, political maturity and organization, ... They have demonstrated that no one can ever intimidate them. - Vladimir Putin

[Judge Farley Flex called her rendition] really well done... just the right touch of vulnerability and maturity. - Sass Jordan

(Hall) ran smart races today ... he had a good strategy in both of them. He's really developing into knowing what he needs to do to get things done, and that comes with time and maturity. He's not reacting to the other runners, he's running his own race. - Barb Motes