Quotes by Mariota Theodoris

“Today was a culmination of things weve been fortunate not to have exposed. We dont help each other enough and it makes the team uneasy. Were just not confident with one another right now.”

“We obviously have not embraced what were supposed to do. We dont help each other enough, and that makes the team uneasy. We got what we deserved.”

“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 werent getting a particular thing done.”

“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. Ive 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.”

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

“I think Coach [C. Vivian Stringer] said it best, when she called it the changing of the crown, so to speak. This has definitely been a long time coming for the Rutgers program. This is something monumental for the program. People will look back on this season as the beginning of a dynasty.”

“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.”

“Its a changing of the crown.”

“Two years ago, three years ago, we wouldve gone down in flames. There was no point when we believed wed lose.”

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