Rene Cook Quotes (18 Quotes)

There will be some of the best gymnastics you could possibly ask for.

We had a couple of falls on beam but both were on new skills that we've added to routines. We're disappointed with that but it is understandable. I think we can get by that and be better in the future.

They have really, since the Alabama meet, turned the corner, and they have really been intense and focused during workouts and carried that to the competition floor.

I was very impressed with Cassie today. She hit on all four events and it's nice to see her do that.

We're real excited to have the home court advantage, and that is something that will really be in our favor. We hope to have a really good crowd out there, calling the Hogs, getting it going, and seeing what this team can do.

Wow, that was pretty exciting. To actually make the national championships is absolutely amazing.

There's an air of maturity this year. Everyone is very supportive of each other and we have been doing a lot of the little things right so far.

I'd say about half of our team has seen this setup before. It's a little different look and, yes, we do have some experience with it but it's a different environment. We've competed well in the last five meets though and we're going in well prepared and on a high note. I can't wait to see what we can do.

The vault went very well. It pulled us through. It's nice to see and we had half of the lineup doing new vaults. It was a great way to end the competition.

The girls really enjoyed the great student section in Georgia. I know it made them eager to get in front of their home crowd.

It can be a problem if you don't control it. Mark always talks about having controlled aggression. You have to be able to channel the energy. When that happens, sometimes it makes the gymnasts do things that you normally don't see them do.

I told co-head coach and husband Mark Cook all week that our seniors would get the job done. You could just tell. They just had that look. This is our time we are going to take it.

While we had to count an error, I thought the team fought really hard and stayed the course tonight. Any time you compete, you want to win but tonight we had other goals as well and I think we helped ourselves a lot in meeting those.

Auburn is a good team. But most of the teams ranked from 11 to 20 are pretty similar. Its just a matter of who hits and Auburn has been hitting. Were looking forward to the challenge of competing against them and seeing where we stack up.

It was a great building block for next season. The girls are already super motivated to get back in the gym and that's a good sign. They're excited with what we accomplished but eager to do even more next year.

Some people say they could never work with their spouses. We have a passionate life that we love sharing. But a lot of people would be surprised by how much we dont interact at work.

We're really excited to have the meet here in Barnhill. They are really motivated, and it will be a very good opportunity for us.

We're really happy to have survived our first meet. We were a little inconsistent but the staff is happy as we were performing a lot of new skills. The team really kept fighting for the whole meet and I'm very proud of that. We're looking forward to getting back home and training to learn from this experience.