Always Quote by Stephen Hendry

The play-offs are a great occasion to be involved in; the semi-finals were amazing. When you're in it it's special and you do enjoy…

— Tom Cairney

I think finals are there to be won, you know the feeling of losing a final is really bad. I prefer to lose a…

— Didier Drogba

I think, in a tournament, things are always a little more exciting.

— Karen Bardsley

Everyone loves playing in semi-finals and finals.

— Ernesto Valverde

You want to be challenging for titles and in semi-finals and finals. Everyone is excited by that.

— John McGinn

Clearly finals are one-off games and they always depend on starting well in order to impose yourself on the game.

— Mario Kempes

It's cool to make the playoffs. It's not cool to lose in the first round anymore. The goal is to make the Finals.

— Kyle Lowry

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

As we say, finals are not to play them, they are to win them.

— Diego Costa

It's hard for anyone in the 24-hour news cycles that we all live in now to follow something that the first round is played…

— Jim Courier

You have to get your motivation from within, and it doesn't matter if you lose in the quarters, the semis, or the final. You…

— Edwin van der Sar

In sport, when you have tournaments and finals, these are set up in a way to provide excitement and opportunity in a one-off game.…

— Kane Williamson