Not knowing what happened in the past [in other sports] I think for any school to do that it?s an accomplishment.

It's not a racial issue. If it were a racial issue I would have kept them in private school which wasn't providing a decent education either so it has nothing to do with race.

I feel as good as I?ve ever felt, as good as I felt in Little League or middle school.

We went all-out; we didn't hold back. We have been training all year for two meets on back-to-back days. We weren't going to change the script.

We want to do our most difficult routines. Instead of taking a more conservative [team] approach..It?s a lot like an Olympic individual final.

They still have not come to terms with the fact that they are some of the team leaders. They just don?t know their value yet.