Playoffs Quotes · Page 3

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

— Wade Boggs

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

— Carlos Correa

The playoffs are a chess match, with adjustments every game.

— Kyle Korver

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

— David Fizdale

The points format rewards you for having wins throughout the playoffs.

— Chase Elliott

I've been on teams that never made it to the playoffs. It wasn't fun playing meaningless football.

— Danny Amendola

It's the playoffs. Everything kind of amps up a little bit.

— Ryan Tannehill

I joke that every time I'm in the playoffs, it feels like I'm in the Super Bowl.

— Chris Long

Joe Montana had bad games in the playoffs against the Giants and Chicago Bears; that doesn't stop us from considering him as…

— Cris Carter

I mean, I was still getting used to being in the big leagues, then you're thrown in there and it's not overwhelming,…

— Corey Seager

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

When players are used to winning, they put out a little more. Basketball 3rd winningest coach (regular season and playoffs) in NBA…

— Red Auerbach

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

— Billy Donovan

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

— Mike Budenholzer

I don't have much of an attention span for TV - I nod off during the basketball playoffs - but when I…

— Steve Harvey

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

— Malcolm Brogdon

Ultimately, if you can say that I'm a bad owner and we're winning championships, I can live with that. But if we're…

— Michael Jordan

I live for the Red Sox. I thoroughly enjoy them. For whatever reason, baseball has been a lot more fun for me…

— Doug Flutie

Not only do you have 16 regular-season games, you also have four preseason games. Then if you make the playoffs, you can…

— Peyton Hillis

When people come up to me and say, "I was at your Game 7 in the playoffs in Toronto," or, "I saw…

— Wayne Gretzky

The season is a beast within itself. It's not the quickest race; it's a marathon. In the playoffs - if you're fortunate…

— Jerry West

A team like Brooklyn has seen everything, they've experienced everything, they've had every atmosphere you can have in the playoffs and some…

— Dwane Casey

The best part of basketball, for those people on the inside, is the bus going to the airport after you've won a…

— Phil Jackson

Look, I think everyone that goes in the playoffs, there's pressure in these games. There's a lot on the line, there's a…

— Aaron Boone

It's fun running out onto the field. It's much more fun playing in the playoffs.

— Adam Vinatieri

I just want to win as a team, take road games, play some of the top teams and beat them to make…

— Kevin Knox

Everyone in the League wants to play in the playoffs; I am no different.

— Connor McDavid

The playoffs are like nothing else. The intensity is off the meat rack and I'm looking forward to going back.

— Shaun Livingston

I get excited for the regular season also, but it's just added excitement when the playoffs start.

— Robert Horry

Whatever happened in the regular season seems to not matter in the playoffs.

— Carl Crawford

There's nothing that can teach you about the playoffs besides going through it.

— Dwane Casey

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

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

— Nikola Vucevic

You just want the highs to start once the playoffs start.

— Ben Zobrist

Playoff basketball ... you've got to treat every possession like it's your last.

— Paul Pierce

When it comes to playoff time, I pull the energy and the motivation.

— Pau Gasol

In this game called football, we don't know who's going to the playoffs.

— Jason Pierre-Paul

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