John Spini Quotations

Who else would you want in that situation besides Ashley Kelly? Ashley was illuminating in every way.

Right now, I just want the kids to be very aggressive and stay confident. Confidence is the uniqueness of our kids this season. I'm really pleased with what I'm seeing on their faces when they're competing. I have a lot of confidence in this team.

We won't figure out our lineup until we get to Washington and go through warm-ups before the meet.

I thought we were good, but we had a few areas we could have just done better. I think we had a couple key routines that weren't really solid. There were some teams that were a little better than us tonight.

It is going to be a learning curve mentally for mental toughness. But we have great leadership and great young freshman class, and the chemistry is really good.

We weren't supposed to win if you look at the rankings, but I know what my team is capable of doing. Is it disappointing? No. But I'm mad. I personally just don't like to lose, but at the same time, I'm happy with how exciting this team is when they're competing. I think this is the best team that I have ever put on the floor since I've been here. We're going to challenge for a national championship.

Ashley is doing a superb job. We do have to be careful with her ankles. They are fragile. And Lauren is going to be a great asset for us in three events.

I was really pleased with how well we competed tonight. I think this will help us continue to move up in the rankings. This will give us even more confidence to get to where we want to go.

We put it all out on the floor and I really went after it. That was the second-place team in the country and we lost by seventy five-one hundredths of a point.

We have a real exciting team this year. We will be depending on seven freshmen . . . and with some of the other kids we have, we think we can be very competitive at a high level.