Coughlin Quotes

I think everybody knows what to expect from Coach Coughlin, ... The five minutes early, that`s just part of it. Now you know how it is. No one talks about it any more . . . . That`s just the way it is. There are no ifs, ands or buts about it. Everybody knows we`ve got to get better. We need some discipline to be a better team than we were last year.

(Though Coughlin publicly finalized her decision this weekend, she told teammate Jenny Thompson about it at a photo shoot in New York last month. That eases the road for Thompson, one of the medal favorites in the 100 fly at the trials.) I was like, `Wow, thanks,` ... I was surprised, really, but she does have other choices to make.

I felt fine, ... I wanted to take all of the snaps, but (coach Tom Coughlin) took me out and I don`t argue with the head man about that. But I was making all the throws. I threw some deep ones that actually had too much on them. I have to work on the timing on some of those things, but it felt good throwing.

I felt fine, ... I wanted to take all of the snaps, but (coach Tom Coughlin) took me out and I don`t argue with the head man about that. But I was making all the throws. I threw some deep ones that actually had too much on them. I have to work on the timing on some of those things, but it felt good throwing.