He offered me a chance to come and play there if I wanted. He recruited me a little, but I told them that I had already decided to go to Vanderbilt. |
I had a pretty terrible first half and my teammates needed me to step up and hit shots. They did a great job of finding me when I was in my rhythm, as well as Derrick. We were able to knock down some shots and got a win. |
I kept looking up and we'd be down by seven, and somebody would hit a shot and we would be down by four. It seemed like that kept happening again and again. |
I was very startled. I heard about it when I was in class, actually. It was kind of hard to believe. There are a lot of things that have happened in the past and things that are going on right now that take a toll on a person's mind. It's hard. I personally have a lot of things going on with me that I don't share with a lot of people. |
I'm hard on myself over missing open shots and free throws. That was a hard pill to swallow. |
I'm just trying to let (a pro future) fall where it may. I work hard and work on my game and try to go out there every night and get better. Hopefully, everyone else will see what I can do. |
It says a lot about our heart and determination. |
It's amazing; I can read street signs but I can't make a 3-pointer. |
It's going to be hard. Mario is one of the guys we look to for leadership. It's definitely going to be hard for us sometimes from an emotional standpoint. He's one of us. He's one of our brothers. |
Last year, it kind of bothered me a little bit. Now I've gotten used to it. It just adds a little intensity, a little more to the game. |
My eyes have been bad the past two and a half years, but I don't like doctors. I'm a afraid of them. I finally went last week and they gave me some contacts. It's amazing. I can see street signs, but I can't make a 3-pointer now. |
The main thing (we were thinking in the first half) was that we could beat them and that they weren't better than us. But in the second half they took us out of our offense and we didn't react well to it. |
They were playing me pretty tight. I knew once I gave them a shot fake or tried to get in the lane a little bit, I'd be able to make some things happen. It turned out great for our team. |
We are not going to quit. We don't worry about the other things. We're going to go out there and lay our hearts on the line. |
We just couldn't get into our offense. We just did a poor job of executing. |