Suzanne Yoculan
Suzanne Yoculan
Suzanne Paige Yoculan was the head coach of the women's gymnastics program at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia from 1983 to 2009. During her tenure, she built the Georgia gymnastics program into a national powerhouse and is one of the most decorated coaches in the history of collegiate gymnastics...
anxious chances floor hit national peak performance team title waiting winning
I feel like we've been waiting for this day a long time. We're anxious to get on the floor and hit our peak performance because we haven't done that yet. We feel like it's our weekend. I'm as comfortable with this team's chances of winning a national title as any other team we've had.
apart believe believed meets pressure won
I believe we won those meets because we believed we could. I think that's what has set us apart in those pressure situations.
motivated rings
They're very much motivated by the jewelry, and now we get two rings this year.
cocky girls past season sure teaching teams terms textbook
It's important to make sure (the gymnasts) don't get overconfident or too cocky or too arrogant. We've had teams in the past that would've responded to that (ranking), but these girls are not like that. They're very professional in their approach. It's been pretty much a textbook season in terms of us teaching and them responding.
happen
That doesn't happen very often. It was a fluke. I don't want to read too much into it. But I was surprised.
confidence exactly high supposed
Confidence is high right now. This exactly how the story is supposed to read.
certain qualities reasons
There's certain qualities she has that are reasons for that, for sure.
win
They can do that and still win championships.
alabama beam belief home impressed last national performance plan stuck team tough win year
I was impressed with our performance on beam. It was just like last year at the national championships when we stuck with a plan and had a belief we would win the competition. It was tough going over to beam with the home team on floor, and Alabama is outstanding on floor.
alabama came fact love strong
I'd really like to congratulate Alabama and Utah. They were just so strong tonight, and I love the fact they came after us.
certainly courtney earned gets hers katie meet moments places talked tonight zone
Courtney just gets better and better. There were places tonight where she could have earned a 10. We talked about zone moments before the meet and she certainly had hers tonight. And Katie and Kelsey keep getting better.
force nobody pressure relaxed team touch
If our team is focused, relaxed under pressure and in sync, we are a force. Nobody can touch us.
event felt major mistake night picked proud qualified relief slow super
For me, this is such a relief that this night is over and we are qualified for Super Six. I felt we started out a little slow for us, but I'm most proud that we made a major mistake on every event and no one got rattled. We just picked it up.
event mistakes proud rattle relief slow today
I just have relief that today is over and we've qualified. We started off slow on vault, but I'm especially proud because we made some mistakes on every event but that didn't rattle us.