"And there's another nervous yawn from one of the competitors!" -- Al Trautwig at the American Cup
Tim Daggett on hefty Orlando Metro coach Jeff Wood at the Nastia Liukin Cup: "Looks like he was a pommel horse worker, don't you think, John?"
John Roethlisberger: "He's a beast!"
Tim Daggett: "I think he would actually break some of the equipment."
John Roethlisberger: "And we mean that in a very good way, Jeff."
"It's about the first time that New York has grooved to Hava Nagila." -- Al Trautwig on Aly Raisman's American Cup floor routine
"Known for her exciting choice of attire, as well as her power..." -- Shannon Miller, introducing Vanessa Ferrari's one sleeved number during Olympic floor finals
Al Trautwig on Gabrielle Douglas at the American Cup: "Obviously noticing what's happening here are Jordyn Wieber and Aly Raisman..."
Tim Daggett: "And their coaches..."
Al Trautwig: "And how are they taking this?"
Tim Daggett: "Uh, they don't like it."
Tim Daggett, father of a high level gymnast, to John Roethlisberger: "Coaching your own is the most stressful thing in your life. You nearly killed your dad, by the way."
John Roethlisberger: "I know! I was coached by my dad and every time an Olympics were over, he would be like, 'you should retire.'"
"It's great to have a rough start and then go to beam, isn't it?" -- Tim Daggett at the Secret U.S. Classic
"The first time I saw her I thought someone had given her a few Red Bulls." -- Elfi Schlegel on Daiane dos Santos's energetic floorwork
Al Trautwig: "Danell Leyva with that familiar sidekick, the towel. It's with him everywhere he goes. Sometimes he lives underneath it." -- Al Trautwig
Tim Daggett: "Yeah, at the World Championships, I swear he like, never came out. It was like a shroud."
"Here's someone who can probably recite the entire roster of the Toronto Maple Leaves." -- Al Trautwig on Victoria Moors
"But no pressure, Jordyn -- the last two Olympic champions from the United States won this in the year of their Games, in Madison Square Garden." -- Tim Daggett
"She's getting a few more Facebook [friend] requests today, for sure." -- Elfi Schlegel after Gabrielle Douglas unofficially won the American Cup
"Still to come in the upper half of the draw, America's Jordyn Wieber, trying to win the American Cup, which is as we've shown the perfect setup for Olympic success. Only Tim Daggett messed it up -- he did it after he won the gold medal." -- Al Trautwig
"Evidently that trend of eating chocolate chip muffins every morning for breakfast paid off there -- a little extra energy." -- John Roethlisberger on Alex McMurtry's tumbling at the Nastia Liukin Cup
"I can't wait to see that hair swing bars...and there is some big air, with the big hair...OK, I'm done. Seriously." -- John Roethlisberger loved Randii Wyrick's hair at the Nastia Liukin Cup
Related: Read Funny Things Gymnastics Commentators Said in 2011, 2010 and 2009 as well.
