I wanted the kids to be able to leave (a meet) thinking they had done something special.

Every day I see confident, healthy and motivated young gymnasts take their skills out of the gym and apply them to their work at school and in the community.

Yet when she is out on the floor, with flowing music, she can really work the crowd.

It's unacceptable that we don't have 70, 80 percent of our kids thinking, preparing themselves and succeeding going off to four-year colleges. That's where we need to be, ... They're called prep schools for a reason, because they prep you for the next stage.

We let him know we were thinking of him and praying for him. The kids wrote very uplifting notes, drew pictures and prayed for his safe return.

It was the first game, and you have kids thinking about too many things. We were too relaxed at the plate. But eventually we'll get it together.