You always want to feel better but I'm good. My thing is once you get to the playoffs, you do whatever it… — Brian Jordan Copy Share Image
Every team starts out at the beginning of the year saying, 'We want to win a championship,' but you've got to have… — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
Every time when the season starts you have a goal, right? To reach the playoffs. You reach the playoffs, and then the… — Alexander Ovechkin Copy Share Image
You don't realize the atmosphere in the arena until you're down on the ice for real, especially during the playoffs. You come… — Joe Thornton Copy Share Image
There's been so many stories throughout the league where teams have started off poorly and ended up in the Finals. Or teams… — Sue Bird Copy Share Image
This is a good group of young guys that's eager to play. When I was coming up with the (Minnesota) Twins, they… — Corey Koskie Copy Share Image
One of the best things is to be able to go to the playoffs and win a championship. After you taste the… — Robinson Cano Copy Share Image
On the personal level, it's hard for a goalie. You don't get awards for save percentage or anything like that. Your work… — Martin Brodeur Copy Share Image
If you throw 200 innings or more, you have to be in shape. If you work on your diet and strength, it… — Carlos Zambrano Copy Share Image
The game against the Vikings back in my second year stands out. It was kind of a turnaround for us. It allowed… — Drew Bledsoe Copy Share Image
We know how hard it is to get to the playoffs in general, and then to get to the NFC Championship Game.… — Adam Thielen Copy Share Image
Playing in the playoffs is the best basketball in the world, and if you can learn under that pressure, succeed under that… — Tony Parker Copy Share Image
You'll never hear me say anything cocky or outlandish, but I always thought if I was starting Game 1 in the playoffs,… — John Smoltz Copy Share Image
I've been in just about every situation as a player and coach and manager. I've been in the playoffs, World Series, and… — Don Baylor Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I think being able to make the playoffs alone is an outstanding accomplishment alone and something not a lot of people get… — C. J. McCollum Copy Share Image
I could play through anything. But just thinking about I have kids, longevity, I probably would have made more of a conscious… — Rajon Rondo Copy Share Image
If you commit to the defensive end of the floor, you're going to have a chance to win every night. And if… — Frank Vogel Copy Share Image
There are a lot of guys who average a lot of points, but they make the game hard for themselves, and they… — Andre Iguodala Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
If you're not a Grizz fan, you might not even know what we're up to until playoffs come around. We get forgotten… — Mike Conley Jr Copy Share Image
Obviously, there is a high standard here of getting into the playoffs and having a chance at the ultimate goal, and that… — Eric Weddle Copy Share Image
If you are not playing for the Stanley Cup at the end of the year, what's the point? If you don't win,… — Brad Marchand Copy Share Image
Coming to Denver, that's all we talked about - championship and going to the championship. Playoffs was not even a problem. We… — Danilo Gallinari Copy Share Image
I don't just want to make the playoffs or get to the first or second round. When I compete or make it… — Rajon Rondo Copy Share Image
Having been in the league with five different franchises, I know what the meaning of Monday Night Football is. It's usually the… — Jon Gruden 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 would have been great to have had 10 victories and been in the playoffs and have gone all the way and… — Chuck Noll Copy Share Image
I'm tired of thinking about playoffs, playoffs, six, seven, eighth spot. I want to think about championship. That's something that we always… — Danilo Gallinari Copy Share Image
I don't want to just go to the playoffs, I don't want to go to the playoffs and win the first round,… — Allen Iverson Copy Share Image
I thought it was going to be easy. I thought it was going to be every year, 'Oh, we're going to the… — Sebastian Janikowski Copy Share Image
I thought the playing time I was getting during the season was getting me ready for the playoffs. When it didn't happen… — Monty Williams Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Playing pretty big minutes in the playoffs and having career games in the playoffs is something you dream of as a kid… — Joe Ingles Copy Share Image
[Spike Lee ] went to a game six playoff game at Indiana which was a hostile environment believing we could bring it… — John Starks Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
No matter what the trends are in the NBA - teams going big, going small, getting more efficient with analytics - the… — Jamal Crawford Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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