Playoffs Quotes · Page 2

Playoffs, you know, defense is elevated even more.

— Marcus Smart

The playoffs are fun, man, that's all I've got to say.

— Luka Doncic

We cannot think about playoffs. We just need to play the games.

— Nikola Jokic

Once you get to the playoffs, anything can happen.

— George Kittle

People judge you by the way you play in the playoffs.

— Jaromir Jagr

I want to try to make a run in the playoffs.

— Christian Wood

I watch a lot of NBA basketball, especially with the playoffs.

— Coby Bell

That's our race. That's our playoffs.

— Tim Salmon

Toughest [lineup] I've faced. Hopefully, if it comes down to the playoffs, I can get my revenge.

— Mark Buehrle

I lost control of myself a couple times in the playoffs. I have to keep cooler in the future.

— Dirk Nowitzki

Teams that can run the football, stop the run and take care of the football will win in the playoffs.

— Ryan Tannehill

Usually I'm nowhere near the playoffs. My last game of the year is usually at the end of the regular season in…

— JaVale McGee

You have been doing something that has brought you success, and you are in the playoffs because you have been doing some…

— Jennie Finch

I think the playoffs heighten everything, you're fighting the same opponent over and over again.

— Tom Thibodeau

I don't want to get dunked on too much, and I want to make it to the playoffs.

— Greg Oden

Playing the whole season and going through the whole playoffs in 2011 was the hardest 10-month period.

— Zdeno Chara

I'm a firm believer that the wild-card teams, because they're grinding it out until the final days, have a tremendous amount of…

— Tim Salmon

I'm not going to make it the all - everything. Our (the Saints) goal is to get better, make the playoffs and…

— Mike Ditka

Certain games aren't going to be my game. Certain games aren't going to be other people's games. As long as we win…

— Gerald Green

I don't rate Heat fans like I rate Knicks fans. We are true basketball fans. No matter what - rain, sleet or…

— Fat Joe

In the playoffs, you're so locked in on guys' tendencies that in some ways it's easier defensively to go in games with…

— Kevin Huerter

I've been through losing so much in this league, so to finally get a taste of winning and what the playoffs are…

— D'Angelo Russell

If you're going to advance as a referee and make that $75,000 to $100,000 a year in the playoffs, you're going to…

— Tim Donaghy

When I go back to NFL functions today, I feel a bit on the outside looking in. I played 13 years in…

— Doug Flutie

I know I achieved a lot, and I know I have my little share of respect, but when you talk about playoffs,…

— Pedro Martinez

Now you've been in the playoffs once, you know what it tastes like, you know what it feels like. You know, going…

— Dwane Casey

It's more frustrating. My expectation probably wasn't that I'd play [during the playoffs], but I was just trying to make sure that…

— Sidney Crosby

The Process is never going to end. It's an ongoing thing. I don't think it's ever going to stop. As I have…

— Joel Embiid

I want to make the playoffs here, figure out how to change the culture in Sacramento. Just from being there, the city…

— Kevin Huerter

I just love the Buffalo market. Say what you want about their fans, it'll be December and they've been out of the…

— Bill Cowher

In playoffs, it's so emotional and the tension's really high and guys are laying everything on the line. And when you do…

— Brad Marchand

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

At the same time, preparation is important to playoff success.

— Barry Trotz

The most important thing is playoff sex…er…um...I mean success

— Marc Crawford

It's the playoffs. There's no room for okay.

— David Robinson

In the playoffs, it's win or you go home.

— Serge Ibaka

You want to see the team that is in the playoffs.

— J. D. Martinez

Every moment is big in the playoffs.

— Kyle Korver

In the playoffs you always look at matchups.

— Kevin Huerter

I want to be in the playoffs every year.

— Kemba Walker