Blow Quote by Ray Nitschke

That's the reason why you work so hard all year long, to put yourself in a playoff situation.

— Zaza Pachulia

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

— Andy Dalton

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

In the regular season you always say, 'Take it one game at a time.' But the playoffs, they kind of make you do that.

— Joe Flacco

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

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

This is why you play -- to get an opportunity to play in the playoffs,

— Derek Jeter

During the regular season, you don't have the sort of time you do in the playoffs to prepare for people, so you've got to…

— J. B. Bickerstaff

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

Once you get a taste of winning, a taste of the playoffs, you just want to do that even more.

— Nikola Vucevic

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

It's always in your mind, because that's the goal - you want to definitely be in the playoffs. But at the same time, it's…

— Khalil Mack