Mariota Theodoris Quotations

She's constantly talking out there and that makes me comfortable. It's hard to run and talk at the same time and then turn around and play defense. She makes life a lot easier. She's the leader of this team.

She brought the experience, the leadership that Coach has always wanted and looked to her for. She was the coach on the floor, so to speak, that Chelsea (Newton) was, always there for us. Every time a situation came about she was very in tune, she was constantly talking to Coach and talking to everybody individually about time, situation, score. I think that was one of the key factors in the success that we have today.

She brought experience and leadership that Coach has looked for. She was constantly talking to everybody. Two years ago, three years ago, we would have went down in flames, to be honest with you. There was no point in the game when I, or my teammates, thought that we were going to lose. It was a very difficult thing to come back from, but we believe in ourselves.

Today was a culmination of things we've been fortunate not to have exposed. We don't help each other enough and it makes the team uneasy. We're just not confident with one another right now.

Two years ago, three years ago, we would've gone down in flames. There was no point when we believed we'd lose.

We obviously have not embraced what we're supposed to do. We don't help each other enough, and that makes the team uneasy. We got what we deserved.

Two or three years ago we would have went down in flames, to be honest with you.

This is definitely something monumental for the Rutgers program, something for future teams to build on.

I tried not to think too much. I tend to do that a lot. I just tried to do what I do, as I always say, which is just go for the ball. I understand that I was the only one that could do what we needed to have done today. I've been really unfair to the team (lately). I got to feel good about myself as a teammate. If anybody was going to be offered up on the block, I felt like I could handle it.

I know this sounds crazy, but everybody finally, seriously, took a real look at themselves. All season, everybody had an excuse or a reason for why we weren't getting a particular thing done.