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

— Orel Hershiser

When you establish that you're a galactically successful offensive team, but below average defensively, that's not gonna win you a championship.

— Rick Carlisle

I want to be in the playoffs every year.

— Kemba Walker

Every year is a new year, and when you look at the turnover year to year, teams that made the playoffs last year aren't…

— Connor McDavid

As you get late into the season every game is important. Every game is going to decide whether you make the playoffs or not.

— Eli Manning

You go through a lot throughout a season. You're going to face a lot of adversity. And the best teams overcome any type of…

— Avery Bradley

I don't just want to make the playoffs or get to the first or second round. When I compete or make it to the…

— Rajon Rondo

The first thought is always about making the playoffs. That's the tough part. And once you get there, only then you can allow yourself…

— Alexander Ovechkin

I just want to go deep in the playoffs and be put in that situation where I'm locked in and the game and the…

— J. D. Martinez

You just want the highs to start once the playoffs start.

— Ben Zobrist

I don't want to just go to the playoffs, I don't want to go to the playoffs and win the first round, second round,…

— Allen Iverson

Everybody plays defence in the playoffs, but can you do it every night in the regular season? And some teams can, some teams can't.

— Fred VanVleet