Pat Mayo Quotations

One year ago they (the players) were just happy to play. Some didn't even know what the Tournament of Champions was.

She's like a coach on the court ? she gets the girls together, makes them focus, gives direction out. That maturity level about her is fabulous, she's very unselfish ? too unselfish at times. And in pressure situations, she wants the ball in her hands. She doesn't put up (big) points, but she puts up everything else.

We made very good decisions on offense and defense. In our press, we covered everyone well, and once we got a steal, we passed to the right person.

We didn't box out, we didn't play our game. And East Orange did what we usually do.

We've been like that in several games lately. Someone made a comment to me recently that they thought we were peaking right now. If we are, it's a good time to be peaking.

We always look to get off to a fast start. That's our game. It's no surprise to anyone who has seen us.

And we're looking forward to it. As a team, we want to go even further.

South Brunswick is an awesome team. South Brunswick is going to be back and more deadly than ever. That's what I worry about.

And I had them at the gym at 7:30 this morning for breakfast. You can't roll out of bed and onto a court.

There should be big expectations (next year). They should place big expectations on themselves.

Again, Asia's 3s seem to be the hammer. She does have that effect.

Before this one I told the girls that the rest of the season -- our destiny -- was in their hands. Let's hope this is a sign of our maturity.

It's a new chapter. It's like a photo album. In the GMC we took all our pictures, but that's won, done and over. Now, we have a new page to create.

It's definitely a concern. There is that extra sense of motivation (for the team that lost both games), especially if the games were close.

Everyone is always out to get the No. 1 seed. Now my girls have a new role. It teaches them to defend what they earned.

I took the girls in the locker room and I reminded them that we are the only ones who could beat us. I said, 'Right now, that 41 (point margin of victory in the teams' second meeting) means nothing.' I didn't want them to get complacent because that's when you get caught. You never know what their mind set is.

There is the odds factor. Maybe Jimmy the Greek could tell you that. If I play South Brunswick 10 times, I might lose five.