Playoffs Quotes · Page 7

I'd rather be in a good position in the playoffs and holding up a World Series trophy than holding up an MVP…

— Aaron Judge

It doesn't bother me to play on the road except in the playoffs or in domed stadiums.

— Mike Webster

The playoffs are unpredictable. You never know what can happen and how these playoffs go.

— Bam Adebayo

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

— Billy Donovan

I'm trying to go to the playoffs. That's my goal. Everything else is going to fall in place.

— Gerald Green

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

— Mike Budenholzer

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

Every year you go in and you obviously want to win a World Series, at least make the playoffs.

— Mookie Betts

You have so much fun playing games. We all love basketball, so we never want the season to end, 'cause then it's…

— Stephen Curry

None of the teams that actually probably were offering me a job from the getgo, actually in spring training, are in the…

— Pedro Martinez

Experience is everything. It means so much because it enabled me to learn the game even faster. Playing in the playoffs is…

— Tony Parker

In the pros you can squeak into the playoffs and play your best ball at the end. In college, you've got to…

— Nick Bosa

When you don't make the playoffs, or you're not producing a product that you're proud of, then, yeah, it's tough on everybody...…

— Mike D'Antoni

I'm known for shooting being my strength, but defensively my energy has helped us in games. And to win big playoffs games,…

— Kevin Huerter

It's just like high school. If you're a freshman or a sophomore, it's hard to tell the seniors who've been through two,…

— Tony Romo

Going forward, what I can accomplish, I always have seen myself playing in the playoffs, playing deep, and winning. I want to…

— Rodney Hood

After going through the playoffs, you definitely get a sense for how important it is to go through it at least once…

— Connor McDavid

I'm tired of not being in the playoffs... I hate watching them on TV.

— Kemba Walker

My situation is different from Mark's. I'm not looking for home runs, I'm looking for the playoffs.

— Sammy Sosa

This is what you dream about when you're a kid: You dream about March Madness, you dream about the NBA playoffs.

— Caris LeVert

It's all about the playoffs for me. I don't care about the regular season.

— Reggie Miller

When you suffer a few losses in the playoffs, it forces you back into the gym early on.

— Scottie Pippen

This is definitely a playoff team. There's no question about that. It's just a matter of how much we want it.

— Peter Bondra

I think you should have a mindset of getting to the playoffs, because once you get in the playoffs, it is kind…

— Orel Hershiser

Making the playoffs three consecutive seasons is a great accomplishment.

— Pau Gasol

Am I crazy to spend [millions] in contracts when I have the chance to get three layers deep into the playoffs?

— Mark Cuban

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

To see other teams in the playoffs and battling for the Cup, it's something that gives you a little inspiration.

— Zdeno Chara

Every time you don't make the playoffs, you have something inside that you want to prove again next year.

— Ricky Rubio

No matter how noble and special people want to make the playoffs out to be... it's a crapshoot.

— Orel Hershiser

I haven't been back in Montreal, at all, since the playoffs ended two years ago. It's been a while.

— Saku Koivu

I've been fortunate enough to do pretty well in playoffs. I feel pretty comfortable in them.

— Sergio Garcia

He did so well, I made him our Game 1 starter in the playoffs. He impressed me enough to do that.

— Xavi Hernandez

You go to the playoffs to win the Super Bowl. You don't go to the playoffs to win one game.

— Luke Kuechly

What pitching is in a short series in baseball, goaltending is in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

— Jack Adams

The first game of the playoffs is the worst. After that, you kind of settle down.

— Carey Price

It's been a long time since I've been in the playoffs. I want to get back there.

— Rafael Soriano

You live to play in the playoffs. It's like your heart is ripped out.

— Darcy Tucker

I don't care much about my personal record. I just want to be able to pitch in the playoffs.

— CC Sabathia

Whatever you do during the regular season doesn't matter once you get to the playoffs.

— Andy Dalton