Playoffs Quotes · Page 6

You apologize for losing in the playoffs, but you don't apologize for getting in.

— Ron Rivera

For me, not making the playoffs is a wasted season, a waste of time.

— Zaza Pachulia

That's what you work all season for, to get into the playoff games, and you don't want to blow it.

— Ray Nitschke

Eli Manning is the one man I just don't want to see in the playoffs. He is a flatliner.

— Jon Gruden

When I was playing, there were only eight teams in each league, and you didn't have any playoffs.

— Red Schoendienst

One of the things I learned playing on a good team is when the team wins, when you make the playoffs, everybody…

— Serge Ibaka

I know it’s been 15 years since the Bills made the playoffs. Well get ready, man, we’re going. We are going.

— Rex Ryan

I dont believe it wins championships. (It) gets you to the playoffs.

— Byron Scott

Any chance a rookie gets to go play in the playoffs, that should be a boost going into summer league. That should…

— Terry Rozier

You don't want to be one of the bottom five teams in defense throughout a season and then just expect it to…

— De'Aaron Fox

We don't tell the officials to change the standard for the playoffs, but as we all know, time and space tends to…

— Gary Bettman

I used to run the band hockey pool - regular season and playoffs. I would write weekly reports, which were meant to…

— Gord Downie

The fact that we're in the playoffs doesn't mean anything to us, to be honest with you. Hopefully, we can accomplish our…

— Michael Strahan

Try to put our guys in different positions, try some different combinations, et cetera, to prepare us for the playoffs, which is…

— Nick Nurse

I want my team to be more detached from the wins and losses and be more focused on doing the little things…

— Sue Enquist

We have a lot of rookies in the lineup. More than anybody, I would say. Its going to be something new for…

— Jaromir Jagr

What I meant by that is, any time you have adversity, now you've got a chance to see all of these guys…

— Mike Shanahan

I think your goal is to win every single game you play. ... I'm not a guy that just puts a number…

— Chip Kelly

You could have a season where you hit .330 and did all these great things, but nothing ever materialized from it and…

— Andre Ethier

Commenting on playoffs to determine a national champion: I'm not in favor of 15 games either. I think that's way too much…

— LaVell Edwards

At halftime [of Game 7], one of our oldest guys on the team, James Jones, came to me, and he's like, "Man,…

— J. R. Smith

Especially when it comes to the Finals and playoffs, your team needs you mentally and physically.

— Zaza Pachulia

You want to be the guy who makes an impact in every game. In this sport it's all about results-winning games and…

— Martin St. Louis

The most important thing is not the regular year, it's the playoffs.

— Alexander Ovechkin

When you're in the playoffs, you have to get easy baskets and you have to limit their easy baskets.

— C. J. McCollum

We owe it to the fans and we owe it to ourselves to give it everything we have to try and put…

— Connor McDavid

The playoffs is ‑ I think I took it for granted a little bit. My first two years I kind of just…

— Clayton Kershaw

“Life would be better if the Leafs would make the playoffs. Life would be perfect if they’d win the Stanley Cup.”

— Tom Earle

The most important thing is win enough games to get into the playoffs. Then, once you get into the playoffs, win.

— Joe Flacco

I don't want to limit to the playoffs, I want to win a championship.

— Maya Moore

Yeah, I think when you don't make it to the playoffs and you're watching those games, I think there's envy in every…

— Jason McCourty

I think I can play in the big leagues 10 or 15 years. But more important to me is winning-win, make the playoffs.

— Carlos Beltran

I think as long as you have Kobe Bryant on your team, anything can happen in the playoffs.

— Jeanie Buss

I've been to playoffs before. That should be everybody's goal is the playoffs.

— Enes Kanter

The goal every year is to win the Super Bowl, not just to get to the playoffs, not just to win a…

— Calvin Johnson

Only one champion stands at the end of the year, so just making the playoffs isn't enough.

— David Fizdale

The playoffs are a different animal, and any team can beat you on any day.

— Trevor Bauer

I've always felt like I'm a winning player. Like I deserved it to be in the playoffs - to be battling.

— Kemba Walker

Life is like a game, Charlie Brown... Sometimes you win... Sometimes you lose." "I'll be happy if I just make the playoffs.

— Charles M. Schulz

I don't just think regular season. I think playoffs. World Series. That's how I think.

— Mariano Rivera