Playoffs Quotes · Page 9

The playoffs - you can talk about how different it is, but actually experiencing it is another thing.

— Rick Carlisle

I think it's fair to say that all of the teams that have been in the playoffs have played very physically.

— Gary Bettman

If I continue to just get to the playoffs every year, I guess you could say I arrived, but right now I'm…

— Kevin Durant

I don't just want to play in the playoffs. I want to win the World Series.

— Robinson Cano

To me, it's like we're already in the playoffs. Every game is important for our position. We can't relax at all.

— Peter Bondra

Stats won't get you in the playoffs. Winning will get you in the playoffs.

— Michael Vick

In the playoffs, it's win or go home. You might not have a chance to look back at a game and say,…

— Scottie Pippen

I'm not trying to put any more pressure on me because it's the playoffs.

— Monta Ellis

Playing pretty big minutes in the playoffs and having career games in the playoffs is something you dream of as a kid…

— Joe Ingles

We had different circumstances. At 7-5, understanding that every game at that point is going to be a playoff game got us…

— Jerome Bettis

[Spike Lee ] went to a game six playoff game at Indiana which was a hostile environment believing we could bring it…

— John Starks

No matter what the trends are in the NBA - teams going big, going small, getting more efficient with analytics - the…

— Jamal Crawford

As you've progress further in the Playoffs, the ice usually gets a little softer. It's tough to keep it that cold. We…

— Chris Pronger

I don't pay attention to accolades or any of that stuff because I think it can serve as a distraction, so for…

— Malcolm Brogdon

As far as coming out on top with the right mentality and it molding you into the best human being you can…

— D'Angelo Russell

I always talk about, like, with end-of-game situations, making and missing big shots, I know I can shoulder that. I can live…

— Damian Lillard

If you look at their track record, New England has won year-in and year-out or been to the playoffs, had playoff berths.

— Darrelle Revis

The OHL compared to the NHL playoffs, I don't think they really compare. You can't really rely on that experience.

— Connor McDavid

I've said it many times before in the playoffs, and I'll say it again: Defense wins championships.

— Carlos Correa

My God... What are the headlines going to be like on Monday if the Yankees don't make the playoffs?

— Wade Boggs

What I've learned so far from researching is that to win the Stanley Cup, you have to make the playoffs.

— Ted Leonsis

This is why you play -- to get an opportunity to play in the playoffs,

— Derek Jeter

Whether it's in the playoffs or not, you have to keep proving yourself.

— Marc Bulger

The team that can be consistent - for the most part all year - is going to be the team that is…

— Barry Trotz

You don't sell the team short and say, 'We're just trying to make the playoffs,' or anything like that.

— David Fizdale

I'm dying to play in the playoffs. Dying to bring a little success back to Edmonton. I think the fans deserve it,…

— Connor McDavid

I'm going to make the playoffs. You can believe that. To never play in the playoffs, that will not be my legacy.

— LaDainian Tomlinson

That's what you need to win a Cup and go far in the playoffs, you need every guy to be accountable in…

— Brad Marchand

It's the playoffs, man. If you don't get excited about the playoffs, you don't even deserve to be playing basketball.

— Robert Horry

You know, the thing about the great receivers? They won. They were in the playoffs. They were making big plays.

— Mike Evans

You try to put your individual accomplishments to the side when it comes to playoffs.

— Johnny Gaudreau

I just want to go deep in the playoffs and be put in that situation where I'm locked in and the game…

— J. D. Martinez

Everyone starts the playoffs with the same record. It doesn't matter who won 70 games or whatever.

— Stephon Marbury

When you have a year of experience and also the experience of playing in the playoffs, it just makes a world of…

— Malcolm Brogdon

In the playoffs, it changes a little bit with defenses tightening up and every little thing is put under the microscope.

— Jordan Clarkson

In Kansas City, most of the time, if we'd have made it to the playoffs, we would have been happy. But our…

— Zack Greinke

I played in the playoffs with teams that were known for flopping and you do not get respect.

— Chris Webber

In the playoffs, you have seven games. If you mess a game up, there's usually not an upset.

— Domantas Sabonis

I just want to get better, compete for the playoffs and have that lead to a championship.

— Eric Bledsoe

I've only won in my career, from when I've been in Chicago, being traded over to Boston, being in the playoffs there,…

— Kyle Schwarber