Bob Horen Quotations

Her past history and performances never entered into it.

There aren't numbers I can compare there, just relationships. The committee felt Michelle probably had a better chance of winning a medal. The mission of the international committee is to win medals.

We looked at basically the Olympic selection criteria we're dealing with and we had a healthy discussion. We felt she had a better chance to medal.

I said, ?What are you doing Michelle? She was ready to do her short program.

Michelle ... reaffirmed her status as a member of the 2006 Olympic team. Not every element was performed perfectly, but they were all done at a very high level.

Michelle could win the Olympics, she is definitely qualified to win a medal. We really do believe that. She's skating very well. Not every element was performed perfectly, but they were at a high level. We weren't really keeping score. We were looking for her competitive fitness. She did a triple lutz-double toe combination several times.

We felt that Michelle probably would have a better chance for a medal at the Olympics.

Emily is a wonderful athlete, she competed well. Michelle competed well at worlds last year. There aren't numbers I can compare there, there are relationships.

Emily is a wonderful athlete. She competed well here. She also competed well at junior worlds. Michelle competed well at worlds last year (finishing fourth), The committee felt that Michelle probably would have a better chance for a medal.

After evaluating Michelle today, the monitoring committee felt very strongly that she is more than ready to compete at the Olympics. Both her short program and free skate were very solid, and she showed us that her levels and jumps are ready for international competition.

The mission of the international committee is to win medals.

It is truly the opinion of this monitoring team that Michelle could win the Olympics. We really believe that, and she skated that way. We really do believe she's skating very well.

It is truly the opinion of this monitoring committee that Michelle could win the Olympics.

The nominees for the Olympic team are Emily Hughes ...

It is the opinion of this monitoring team that Michelle could win the Olympics. She is definitely qualified to win a medal and we really believe it. She skated that way.

Not every element was performed perfectly, but they were at a high competitive level. We didn't keep a score for the programs. We were looking at her competitive fitness.

The committee felt that Michelle probably would have had a better chance to win a medal.

The committee felt Michelle will probably have a better chance for a medal at the Olympics.