There wasn't any expectation on her. You want to just announce yourself to the world and I think she did. She worked hard on the practices, and I know she's looking forward to worlds.

I've tended to hang in there with the guy because he doesn't have a big support system and I think support systems are very big in life.

When I first moved here to coach we were strong in singles skating, but didn't have much in pairs and dance. This year we're going to the nationals with the full package.

I think sometimes she overdoes it. She obsessively wants to do a few (jumps) too many.

If he asked me I would give him an opinion.

You want to announce yourself to the world and I think she did that here.

She was a teensy bit not quite into her space. She usually is.