David Marsh Quotations

It is always an honor for our men and women to be recognized for their efforts in the classroom. Each year our swimming and diving team not only strives for excellence in the water but also in academics.

It's a reward to our men and women's team for their continued dedication to Auburn University, the swimming and diving program, and it is a testament to their work.

When half our team wasn't here last year, it didn't feel as special as this year does. We didn't feel right without everybody. We're a connected team. We're Auburn people.

This senior class is interesting in that they are from all over the world and their personalities are so different from each other. All eight are fantastic human beings and I couldn't be more pleased with them finishing their dual meet season undefeated. I think we look good going into the championship portion of the season and are fit and prepared.

Steve was our top performer at this meet. He is a major reason we were able to win this championship.

Today it feels really good, like a relief. It is such an intense meet from top to bottom coming off last week and jumping into the fire this week.

(Today) is the main day. That is the strength of our team and it's one of those instances where if our swimmers can perform in the first race and get confident, we can really snowball and get some fun things going.

We only had one champion in 2002. And we won the meet very handily. So, you don't always have to have the best individuals. You have to have the best team.

I think the secret to Rachel is she doesn't know who anybody is. She doesn't know other people are fast or anything about them. She just thinks about herself.

That's the one thing I wanted that I left out of my coaching career. I never won a state title. I was fortunate to be down there several times, but we never won it. We probably should have a couple times, but we missed out.