Beating the Auburn Tigers never gets old, even after 27 years. The pressure and the magnitude of this event never ceases to amaze me. |
Being at the national championships never gets old. And advancing to the Super Six is a highlight of the year. You never take it for granted. I think what happened to us, will only serve to make us better (tonight). |
Brittany has been a rock for us this year, so I told the rest of the team that we are going to have good teamwork and we are going to do this. I think what happened tonight, I'm sorry that happened for her but I have faith that she'll come back and dominate. |
Brittany Magee continues to be a rock on three events for us. |
I figured it would be really close. I told the ladies coming into the meet that we would have to really hit our floor routines to win. |
I said all along I felt all along it would come down to the last rotation and we would have to go out and hit our floor routines exceptionally well to win the meet. This Stanford team is a great team. They just beat UCLA and they tied us two years ago at nationals. |
I think the reason we're successful is that we complement each others' strengths and weaknesses. |
I think the stage is set for a great meet next Friday. |
I think this meet is indicative of the competition within the Southeastern Conference and certainly among the nation's top-12. At this level of competition, you can't afford to count a fall and tonight was no exception. |
I think we gave it our all. You have to give credit where credit is due. ... (Georgia) handled the pressure of an undefeated season. |
I'm hoping that Birmingham is fan-friendly. You put four judges in it and you're taking it to the podium, that takes out some of the advantage. |
On a Friday night, if you're off, the team in seventh place in this conference can beat you. You have to be on for every competition. |
On the floor and the vault, I think we're performing at a championship level, not only in terms of performance but in our enthusiasm and intensity as well. We just need to do the same on the bars and beam. |
Our conference championship in Birmingham had the big crowd and it had all the pressure. Make no mistake about it, the meet schedule we have to compete between each other has made each other better. Some teams, you go up against twice, so there's not much break in your schedule. |
The biggest thing we tried to do this season was develop depth, and it wasn't really happening about midway through the season. You never know when something can happen, and Michelle is ready to step up when we need her. Her performance tonight was awesome. |