All-star game Quote by Roger Clemens

As a player, you don't really have time to look back at your own season and feel like how you did because you've got…

— Johnny Gaudreau

After going through the playoffs, you definitely get a sense for how important it is to go through it at least once before you…

— Connor McDavid

Everybody wants to play in the playoffs. You don't know how good the good times were until you hit the bad times. But sometimes…

— Trevor Linden

You try to put your individual accomplishments to the side when it comes to playoffs.

— Johnny Gaudreau

The playoffs is ‑ I think I took it for granted a little bit. My first two years I kind of just thought that…

— Clayton Kershaw

Now you've been in the playoffs once, you know what it tastes like, you know what it feels like. You know, going through the…

— Dwane Casey

Every game is its own thing in the playoffs. When you're in them long enough, you understand. If a playoff series goes six or…

— Kyle Korver

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

— Zaza Pachulia

I don't remember those early playoff games. Keep it positive. I'm a different player. More focused. I know how important it is to score…

— Pavel Datsyuk

You've got to enjoy time with your family and friends, and if you're involved in sports franchises, those peak moments in playoff games. You…

— Paul Allen

First Team All-Defense, that was great, that was one of my goals coming into this league, and I've got that a couple times. But…

— DeAndre Jordan

The first game of the playoffs is the worst. After that, you kind of settle down.

— Carey Price