Playoffs Quotes · Page 17

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

— Mariano Rivera

Getting to the playoffs is more important than winning an award.

— Corey Perry

I love the NBA playoffs. It's just a great mental test for each team. When it's really close, usually one team pulls…

— Doc Rivers

Whatever you do during the regular season doesn't matter once you get to the playoffs.

— Andy Dalton

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

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

I want to fight for the playoffs.

— Tammy Abraham

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

Getting to the playoffs and going to a Super Bowl is the goal.

— Ryan Tannehill

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

— Sammy Sosa

I want to make the playoffs, and I want to compete.

— Reggie Miller

Coach [Pat] Riley's record speaks for itself. What makes him so special is he is a coach clearly concerned about winning. His…

— John Starks

I've played in every type of situation. But to not have one run in the playoffs where you just make one of…

— Carson Palmer

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

— Nicklas Lidstrom

I'm a big believer that if you can have success in the playoffs, when it means the most and when the game…

— Barry Trotz

During the regular season, you don't have the sort of time you do in the playoffs to prepare for people, so you've…

— J. B. Bickerstaff

When you're playing to get into the playoffs, your contract is the last thing on your mind.

— Nnamdi Asomugha

None of the teams that actually probably were offering me a job from the getgo, actually in spring training, are in the…

— Pedro Martinez

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

— Gerald Green

It's important to have some momentum but momentum doesn't mean a damn thing when you get to the playoffs, you know what…

— Patrick Chung

In the pros you can squeak into the playoffs and play your best ball at the end. In college, you've got to…

— Nick Bosa

You've got to enjoy time with your family and friends, and if you're involved in sports franchises, those peak moments in playoff…

— Paul Allen

It's not how you start the season, it's how you finish. If you wind up helping the team make the playoffs, that's…

— Albert Pujols

I don't think I was a year too late or a year too early in retiring. If the Seahawks had been in…

— Steve Largent

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

— Ron Rivera