Alive Quote by Lamar Hunt

As an organization, would we like to be in a better spot Everybody would like to know they're in the playoffs. But that's not…

— John Tortorella

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

— Tim Salmon

The season is a beast within itself. It's not the quickest race; it's a marathon. In the playoffs - if you're fortunate enough to…

— Jerry West

Only one champion stands at the end of the year, so just making the playoffs isn't enough.

— David Fizdale

When I was playing, there were only eight teams in each league, and you didn't have any playoffs.

— Red Schoendienst

Making the playoffs three consecutive seasons is a great accomplishment.

— Pau Gasol

I think it's fair to say that all of the teams that have been in the playoffs have played very physically.

— Gary Bettman

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 excitement. That…

— Tim Salmon

If you can get your team to that point of being able to be in that playoff race mindset every week, that's something that…

— Kevin Harvick

In this league, when you're competing and teams are getting after it and you're jockeying for playoff position in your same division, it makes…

— Mark Jackson

Commenting on playoffs to determine a national champion: I'm not in favor of 15 games either. I think that's way too much football. The…

— LaVell Edwards

The most important thing is not the regular year, it's the playoffs.

— Alexander Ovechkin