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...
team heart gymnastics
All the hands, hearts and minds of the individuals collectively contribute to the team's success. (listen to your team, watch their body language, share your expectations . . . work together.)
gymnastics done excuse
Don't make excuses, just get it done!
gymnastics inevitable
There is no such thing as failure, only partial success!
gymnastics greatness risk
There is no greatness without taking risks.
workout gymnastics frustration
Put fire into your workout any you burn off worry and frustration!
gymnastics keys conditioning
Strength and conditioning are the keys to good performance and longevity in gymnastics.
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.
beginning confidence difficult downs improvement last low performance ups
We had a lot of ups and downs today. We had some 9.9s and some low scores. You could tell it was the beginning of the season. The landings are still difficult and they do not have the confidence that they need to have. But that's just because it's the beginning of the season. Today's performance was a significant improvement from last week.
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.
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.
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.
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.