Ball game Quote by Michael Jordan

I think you can get too focused on the championship and forget how rewarding it is to be part of a team.

— Steve Nash

Every game's a championship game. When we focus that way, get prepared that way-that this is it, you know, this is the last one,…

— Russell Wilson

If you win games, you think things are comfortable, and they are not. The best players don't think that way, and that's why they…

— Gareth Barry

I feel like especially at a major championship, you're trying to get into contention and you're trying to win, so I'm going to give…

— Nelly Korda

After a basketball game, you're gonna be physically tired, but more mentally. Playoff time comes around, you have it all in your head.

— Larry Johnson

At the end of the day, you know you're playing a round and you're playing for - no matter what day it is, you're…

— Nelly Korda

When you're in the NBA, you think about playing time, how to make your coach happy or if you're winning. It really just took…

— Jay Williams

I take my sport damned seriously. Basketball is my life. There are other people who go into important games as if they were any…

— Dirk Nowitzki

To me, it's like we're already in the playoffs. Every game is important for our position. We can't relax at all.

— Peter Bondra

I don't have to get myself pumped up or calm myself down. As we get into the later rounds of a tournament and there…

— Karch Kiraly

To focus only on the next game is the best mentality for me, for the players and the club.

— Javi Gracia

Obviously going to the Western Conference Finals, getting a taste of being really closed just lights a fire under you to get back to…

— Austin Reaves