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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
absolutely best saw ten vault
We have really been exceptional on vault the whole season. We weren't even at our best tonight. Tiffany's vault was a ten if I ever saw it. It was absolutely perfect.
hold lose lower ranked team
When you're a lower ranked team or an underdog, you can have a go-for-it attitude. You have nothing to lose when you're in that situation. You don't have anything to lose, you don't have to hold back.
affected few order people rhythm team tonight work
We did not look like a championship team tonight. We've got a long way to go and a lot of work to do. We need to get back into our rhythm because we got out of our rhythm tonight. We competed a few people in a different order tonight and I think that affected our performance.
country events floor four girls love night pride push solid together
We're solid on every event. We just need to put all four events together in the same night and I think we can push the 198 score. The floor is the event that we love and something we want to be No. 1 in country on. The girls take pride in that.
besides brings energy enthusiasm experience
What she brings to the team, besides energy, enthusiasm and a full-of-life personality, is her experience --- under pressure, with fans, with crowds, and on a team.
against alabama builds competition florida georgia kids rivalry
You have Georgia and Alabama and Florida and you're always going to be going up against them and for the same kids year-in and year-out. And that builds the rivalry and makes the competition between them all that more fierce.
beam champion courtney national perfect personally proud
To have Courtney be the national beam champion is something I'm personally proud of. You have to be perfect to be the beam champion.
full girls win
We tell all the girls we want them to have a full life. They can do that and still win championships.
certain qualities reasons
There's certain qualities she has that are reasons for that, for sure.
motivated rings
They're very much motivated by the jewelry, and now we get two rings this year.