Eighty Quote by Marcus Smart

Playing 82 games is a haul, and with eight or nine exhibition games, it's a long process. You've got to take care of your…

— Blake Griffin

Through 82 games, you're not going to have a perfect season.

— Andre Drummond

It's a long, long season and it's good to see how guys handle their bodies to make it through 82 games.

— Blake Griffin

Nine games? It's too long.

— Derek Jeter

When you endure an 82-game season, you have a great opportunity to build a lot of confidence and cohesiveness with your teammates and coaches.

— Scottie Pippen

At the end of the day, you have 82 games. You're going to win some division games, and you're going to lose some division games.

— Gilbert Arenas

The season is very long.

— Virgil van Dijk

One game can make a season, especially when you have just four wins going into the game.

— Bob Dwyer

I think it's important to know it's a long season and obviously every game counts the exact same.

— Max Fried

The average career in the league is three years, or a little more or less. When you start 100 games, it tells you that…

— Randall Cunningham

The regular season games are much more intense. And also, I believe that in 16 games, some teams separate themselves. The good teams separate…

— Tony Dungy

We want to play as many games as we can. The goal is to prepare yourself to endure the whole season.

— Mac Jones