Greg Marsden Quotations

Nebraska is very talented and well-coached. Everyone is looking forward to competing in front of our home crowd.

I did not like at all their demeanor in warm-ups. I was concerned that somebody was going to get hurt. They just were not in a good place.

We had a lot to prove down there, and we've hurt ourselves in a lot of ways.

We're where we need to be at this time, improving every week. We have some very specific goals for this meet.

Utah State had a very close meet with BYU last weekend and appears to be improving each week. I know both Utah State and Southern Utah would love to catch us a little down after last week's home opener. We need to stay focused and on-task.

While I was very pleased with our consistency, hitting 23 of 24 competitive routines and 6-for-6 in exhibition routines, our execution still needs work. We gave away far too many deductions for missed handstands on bars and steps on landings on all four events.

While we didn't win it, we went up another notch.

Boy, did I blow that decision. I should have let her go all-around in her return home, but she hadn't trained particularly well, and some others earned the opportunity.

There's a long tradition of rivalry between our two programs, and I know they'll be ready for us.

It's just unexpected. I didn't think there was any way either of them (Georgia, Alabama) could struggle like that (in their final events).

It was as exciting as it gets. I thought we started out a little nervous on the first two events. We didn't make any major mistakes, but it wasn't enough to get us there. Vault came back and got us going. It was probably one of the best vault sets we've had all season.

It's kind of the story of our year. Sometimes people let us back in.

It will be sentimental and emotional for a little while at the beginning and probably at the end on (Friday) night. But beyond that, we really need to focus on what we need to get done and not get too caught up in all that. We need to relax and be aggressive and approach it the same way we would any other meet.

Every year is a little different, and this one was certainly unique.

Arizona State is a very tough place to compete, and they have a very talented team this year. They're doing very well already, and I don't think they've even come close to reaching their potential.

I'm getting too old for this. Hopefully (tonight) we can start stronger and build throughout the meet.

I know (Ford) is a really tough kid.

I never would have predicted at this point in the season we would go 197. I try not to worry about (the judging) this year, because I know from meet to meet there are going to be some real differences.