What pitching is in a short series in baseball, goaltending is in the Stanley Cup playoffs. — Jack Adams Copy Share Image
You go to the playoffs to win the Super Bowl. You don't go to the playoffs to win one game. — Luke Kuechly Copy Share Image
You live to play in the playoffs. It's like your heart is ripped out. — Darcy Tucker Copy Share Image
It's been a long time since I've been in the playoffs. I want to get back there. — Rafael Soriano Copy Share Image
The first game of the playoffs is the worst. After that, you kind of settle down. — Carey Price Copy Share Image
I haven't been back in Montreal, at all, since the playoffs ended two years ago. It's been a while. — Saku Koivu Copy Share Image
No matter how noble and special people want to make the playoffs out to be... it's a crapshoot. — Orel Hershiser Copy Share Image
Every time you don't make the playoffs, you have something inside that you want to prove again next year. — Ricky Rubio Copy Share Image
It's always in your mind, because that's the goal - you want to definitely be in the playoffs. But at the same… — Khalil Mack Copy Share Image
I care about this state... and I feel a responsibility to get things done. If we stay healthy and play smart we… — Steve Mariucci Copy Share Image
Playoffs are like another season to be completely honest. I don't know how to describe it, but it's kind of like a… — Jrue Holiday Copy Share Image
If there's a loose ball, dive on the floor. If you can take a charge, do that. The playoffs are all about… — Kyle Korver Copy Share Image
Experience I think is a big part of getting better and being a better team and going to the playoffs and toward… — Danilo Gallinari Copy Share Image
There were a lot of big games. But I think one of the biggest was one that will go down as one… — Chuck Knox Copy Share Image
Any chance a rookie gets to go play in the playoffs, that should be a boost going into summer league. That should… — Terry Rozier Copy Share Image
I think that's particularly important in the playoffs when you're facing good pitching. You've got to go up and just anyway you… — Buster Posey Copy Share Image
The 2006 playoffs were such a rollercoaster for me. I was able to lean on God and know that no matter what… — Matt Cullen Copy Share Image
After referees negated a line change that led to Tampa Bay"s winning goal in the Stanley Cup Playoffs: After all these years… — Pat Burns Copy Share Image
When you have a tough year or a year that didn't go the way you wanted it, especially the playoffs and all… — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
Well, of course you question it, especially when you get to this point. I always look at it would I rather not… — LeBron James Copy Share Image
Every game is its own thing in the playoffs. When you're in them long enough, you understand. If a playoff series goes… — Kyle Korver 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
You're coaching Kentucky - and you have a chance to change lives. That's not what this is up there in the NBA.… — John Calipari Copy Share Image
When you're with a team and you're comfortable there, everything seems O.K. You play a lot of minutes. You make the playoffs.… — Jose Calderon Copy Share Image
To see other teams in the playoffs and battling for the Cup, it's something that gives you a little inspiration. — Zdeno Chara Copy Share Image
It's the NHL playoffs, I'm 20 years old, I'm finding it out the hard way that playoffs aren't easy. — Carey Price Copy Share Image
He did so well, I made him our Game 1 starter in the playoffs. He impressed me enough to do that. — Xavi Hernandez Copy Share Image
I've been fortunate enough to do pretty well in playoffs. I feel pretty comfortable in them. — Sergio Garcia Copy Share Image
When you can protect your home court, that's one of the biggest things about making the playoffs. — David Lee Copy Share Image
Obviously, if you go to the playoffs you have an opportunity to go to the Super Bowl. — Amari Cooper Copy Share Image
For me, not making the playoffs is a wasted season, a waste of time. — Zaza Pachulia Copy Share Image
You apologize for losing in the playoffs, but you don't apologize for getting in. — Ron Rivera Copy Share Image
