Playoffs Quotes · Page 8

Whether it's the playoffs, whether it's not the playoffs, it doesn't matter as long as we're getting better.

— Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

Every playoffs will be different. You learn from that, grow from that and apply your skillset.

— Jordan Poole

I felt like calling attention to AIDS. I had the AIDS ribbon colored into my hair during the playoffs in '95.

— Dennis Rodman

There is just something about the playoffs and the atmosphere, and feeling like it's you against the world, that gets you going.

— Jrue Holiday

It doesn't matter if it's game one or game 82, playoffs or whatever. Sometimes the basketball gods don't play in your favor…

— Karl-Anthony Towns

You want to be ramping up toward the playoffs. You want to be peaking as you're heading in.

— Connor McDavid

Pressure? Well it ain't hitting in forty-four straight games, because I done that and it was fun. The playoffs are pressure.

— Pete Rose

Being in the playoffs and competing, that's what you want as a player.

— Nikola Vucevic

It's not easy to make the playoffs, and I think a lot of people overlook that. They think it's a piece of…

— Anthony Rendon

You've got to be in the moment, especially in the playoffs. If you're worried about the past, worried about what happened last…

— Drew Storen

The pressure of the World Series and the playoffs, it gets to you. But I hope I feel like that every year.…

— Cody Bellinger

Pro football is a game; not a war. It's for win or lose, not life or death... but say that in the…

— John Facenda

The excitement of the fans in Montreal, especially in the playoffs, I don't think you can get that anywhere else. For a…

— Saku Koivu

It's one thing to make it to the NBA. It's one thing to make the playoffs your first year. It's one thing…

— Donovan Mitchell

COVID has caused no shortage of problems. One of them is the possibility we could be off for nine months. That's too…

— John Collins

I'm pretty sure everybody in the NBA wants to make the playoffs. Every player, every coach, every organization wants to make the…

— Tim Hardaway Jr

I believe that every single game in the Playoffs, round 1 to Eastern Conference Finals, every single game is a different game.

— Kyle Lowry

During the playoffs, some players have more second-guessing and outright doubt to deal with than others.

— Mark Schlereth

You have to pay attention to details to have success in the playoffs. You can't take anyone lightly.

— Nicklas Lidstrom

I'm tired of not being in the playoffs... I hate watching them on TV.

— Kemba Walker

My situation is different from Mark's. I'm not looking for home runs, I'm looking for the playoffs.

— Sammy Sosa

This is what you dream about when you're a kid: You dream about March Madness, you dream about the NBA playoffs.

— Caris LeVert

It's all about the playoffs for me. I don't care about the regular season.

— Reggie Miller

When you suffer a few losses in the playoffs, it forces you back into the gym early on.

— Scottie Pippen

This is definitely a playoff team. There's no question about that. It's just a matter of how much we want it.

— Peter Bondra

I think you should have a mindset of getting to the playoffs, because once you get in the playoffs, it is kind…

— Orel Hershiser

Making the playoffs three consecutive seasons is a great accomplishment.

— Pau Gasol

Am I crazy to spend [millions] in contracts when I have the chance to get three layers deep into the playoffs?

— Mark Cuban

The expectation is you want to compete at the highest level. You want to be able to make deep runs in the…

— Billy Donovan

I'm trying to go to the playoffs. That's my goal. Everything else is going to fall in place.

— Gerald Green

For every team in the playoffs, their defensive intensity, their defensive attention to detail just becomes greater.

— Mike Budenholzer

I know winning 20 is a special kind of thing, but I'd rather get into the playoffs, and be strong for the playoffs.

— Tim Hudson

Every year you go in and you obviously want to win a World Series, at least make the playoffs.

— Mookie Betts

After going through the playoffs, you definitely get a sense for how important it is to go through it at least once…

— Connor McDavid

I'm not a guy that believes you've got to have a lot of experience to have success in the playoffs.

— Phil Simms

I just want us to be playing our best basketball here when the playoffs start, and in the right mindset.

— Nick Nurse

You know, you can be perfect for a game or so, but when you get in the playoffs, you have to be…

— Jerome Bettis

I'd rather be in a good position in the playoffs and holding up a World Series trophy than holding up an MVP…

— Aaron Judge

The playoffs are unpredictable. You never know what can happen and how these playoffs go.

— Bam Adebayo

It doesn't bother me to play on the road except in the playoffs or in domed stadiums.

— Mike Webster