Teams that can run the football, stop the run and take care of the football will win in the playoffs. — Ryan Tannehill Copy Share Image
I understand when you have great players on losing teams who are tired of losing, struggling in the playoffs every year. You're… — Paul Pierce Copy Share Image
As you get older - I'm not old, but 29 is relative in goalie years - you like to see your number… — Carey Price Copy Share Image
I am confident that I am a young coach that continues to improve and continues to get better and have been able… — Todd Reirden Copy Share Image
I don't just want to make the playoffs or get to the first or second round. When I compete or make it… — Rajon Rondo Copy Share Image
Coming to Denver, that's all we talked about - championship and going to the championship. Playoffs was not even a problem. We… — Danilo Gallinari Copy Share Image
If you are not playing for the Stanley Cup at the end of the year, what's the point? If you don't win,… — Brad Marchand Copy Share Image
Obviously, there is a high standard here of getting into the playoffs and having a chance at the ultimate goal, and that… — Eric Weddle Copy Share Image
If you commit to the defensive end of the floor, you're going to have a chance to win every night. And if… — Frank Vogel Copy Share Image
I'm not going to fight because I mean too much to our team, and I can't afford to be suspended for a… — LeBron James Copy Share Image
There are a lot of guys who average a lot of points, but they make the game hard for themselves, and they… — Andre Iguodala Copy Share Image
If you're not a Grizz fan, you might not even know what we're up to until playoffs come around. We get forgotten… — Mike Conley Jr Copy Share Image
I don't want to just go to the playoffs, I don't want to go to the playoffs and win the first round,… — Allen Iverson Copy Share Image
I thought it was going to be easy. I thought it was going to be every year, 'Oh, we're going to the… — Sebastian Janikowski Copy Share Image
I thought the playing time I was getting during the season was getting me ready for the playoffs. When it didn't happen… — Monty Williams Copy Share Image
It would have been great to have had 10 victories and been in the playoffs and have gone all the way and… — Chuck Noll Copy Share Image
I'm tired of thinking about playoffs, playoffs, six, seven, eighth spot. I want to think about championship. That's something that we always… — Danilo Gallinari Copy Share Image
Having been in the league with five different franchises, I know what the meaning of Monday Night Football is. It's usually the… — Jon Gruden Copy Share Image
Politics and sports are the same thing in some ways. I like sports; I don't like the sports aspect of politics. The… — Hari Kondabolu Copy Share Image
On the personal level, it's hard for a goalie. You don't get awards for save percentage or anything like that. Your work… — Martin Brodeur Copy Share Image
If you throw 200 innings or more, you have to be in shape. If you work on your diet and strength, it… — Carlos Zambrano Copy Share Image
We know how hard it is to get to the playoffs in general, and then to get to the NFC Championship Game.… — Adam Thielen Copy Share Image
The game against the Vikings back in my second year stands out. It was kind of a turnaround for us. It allowed… — Drew Bledsoe Copy Share Image
This is a good group of young guys that's eager to play. When I was coming up with the (Minnesota) Twins, they… — Corey Koskie Copy Share Image
There's been so many stories throughout the league where teams have started off poorly and ended up in the Finals. Or teams… — Sue Bird Copy Share Image
You don't realize the atmosphere in the arena until you're down on the ice for real, especially during the playoffs. You come… — Joe Thornton Copy Share Image
One of the best things is to be able to go to the playoffs and win a championship. After you taste the… — Robinson Cano Copy Share Image
Every time when the season starts you have a goal, right? To reach the playoffs. You reach the playoffs, and then the… — Alexander Ovechkin Copy Share Image
Playing eight years, never making the playoffs, you feel like you're running on a treadmill that's going nowhere. You're like, 'Is this… — Chris Long Copy Share Image
I've been in just about every situation as a player and coach and manager. I've been in the playoffs, World Series, and… — Don Baylor Copy Share Image
I think being able to make the playoffs alone is an outstanding accomplishment alone and something not a lot of people get… — C. J. McCollum Copy Share Image
I could play through anything. But just thinking about I have kids, longevity, I probably would have made more of a conscious… — Rajon Rondo Copy Share Image
You'll never hear me say anything cocky or outlandish, but I always thought if I was starting Game 1 in the playoffs,… — John Smoltz Copy Share Image
Playing in the playoffs is the best basketball in the world, and if you can learn under that pressure, succeed under that… — Tony Parker Copy Share Image
I've been on teams that lost a hundred games in a season. I've been on teams that had a shot to make… — Chili Davis Copy Share Image
There is always a reason to play the game - whether it's to be better, be in the playoffs, for your numbers… — Francisco Lindor Copy Share Image
The playoffs are the wedge between the season and the World Series. If you lose, it means you won't be going to… — Tim McCarver Copy Share Image
I think you win one game in the playoffs and then you don't go any further than that, it's obviously good but… — Luke Kuechly Copy Share Image
You look at it every year, how many teams are in and out of the playoffs, and how close the league is,… — Carey Price Copy Share Image
My first year in baseball, there were only one or two reporters. My second year, I got to the Triple-A playoffs, there… — Dwight Gooden Copy Share Image
