I don't understand the idea of a play-in. You play 72 games to get into the playoffs, then maybe you lose two… — Luka Doncic Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
But then I lock back in and I start thinking about how fun it is to compete during the playoffs and the… — LeBron James Copy Share Image
I think it's fair to say that all of the teams that have been in the playoffs have played very physically. — Gary Bettman Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Politics and sports are the same thing in some ways. I like sports; I don't like the sports aspect of politics. The… — Hari Kondabolu Copy Share Image
It's cool to make the playoffs. It's not cool to lose in the first round anymore. The goal is to make the… — Kyle Lowry Copy Share Image
Teams that can run the football, stop the run and take care of the football will win in the playoffs. — Ryan Tannehill Copy Share Image
You don't sell the team short and say, 'We're just trying to make the playoffs,' or anything like that. — David Fizdale Copy Share Image
Being rested and playing bad is not going to be a good formula going into the playoffs. That's not good. — Mike D'Antoni Copy Share Image
I live for the Red Sox. I thoroughly enjoy them. For whatever reason, baseball has been a lot more fun for me… — Doug Flutie Copy Share Image
I do think officiating an NBA game in the playoffs is so hard, because you have such incredible familiarity. All the coaches… — Billy Donovan Copy Share Image
As an organization, would we like to be in a better spot Everybody would like to know they're in the playoffs. But… — John Tortorella Copy Share Image
We went through a whole lot in Washington, from winning 28, 29 games to going to the second round of the playoffs… — Trevor Ariza Copy Share Image
Americans have become conditioned to believe the world is a gray place without absolutes; this is because we’re simultaneously cowardly and arrogant.… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
I played in Joe Louis in a playoff game. I played there when the roof caved in for half a season. The… — Bill Laimbeer Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I think that's the biggest thing that I've learned in the playoffs is to just be yourself, don't get too high, don't… — Corey Seager Copy Share Image
