O.J. Mayo Quotations

My game is more efficient now on the offensive end. I've got a different focus now . . . to play better every time I walk on the court and to play hard for 32 minutes.

I'd like to wrap it up with three in a row and be national champions next year.

I love being home again. WVU (West Virginia) and Marshall definitely are in the running (for college). When it's time, I'll sit down and make sure I make the right decision.

For me, this second trip to state was about pride, so it was a little harder. Everyone expects us to be there.

It could be a great thing to happen. At the same time, we have to see where he ends up, what the school's fan base is like, see what the fans think about him and make sure everything is great.

I think we pulled together as a team.

La Salle gave a great effort. But, obviously we gave a very marginal effort. We definitely can play better.

That could be right. (Kansas State) could be a possibility. At the same time, we don't want to go to a raw program.

We'd like to wait and see how everything goes. There's a couple of coaching changes going on. We want to see how recruiting goes before making a decision.

We've played all right this season. We've gotten more help from our team this year, so we didn't have to do as much.

They are a well-coached team, but we just come out and do what we do.

It was a whole lot closer than I thought.

It's a great honor, but it's not about individual accomplishments. It's about team goals. I've got great teammates. They make things a lot easier.

It's been a pretty up-and-down week, but I've got a great family, coaches and friends who helped pull me through it. I apologized to my teammates for missing the game. ... We have a lot of people who don't want to see us succeed, and we overcame a lot to win our second straight state championship.

It's been a big up-and-down week. But we did the job tonight.

That's probably our toughest thing. We came out fast (vs. Beckley), a lot of dunks, real exciting. Sometimes I wish we wouldn't start out that well, because we start wanting to please the crowd and not play at our tempo.

I want to play both spots well. If you can play the point, though, you can play just about anyplace.

It's not about me. If I score no points and we win, I'm happy.

The main thing was to get the win.

This has been one of the most difficult seasons I've had. At the same time, we've gotten through it as a team and we've given ourselves another chance at winning the Division III state championship.