Great Quote by Sue Bird

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

There are a lot of good teams that don't make the postseason.

— Joe Thornton

You look at it every year, how many teams are in and out of the playoffs, and how close the league is, it seems…

— Carey Price

It's just the way we've chosen to deal with it. What's there to talk about The reality is that we're undermanned in a lot…

— Andy Kennedy

There are lots of come-from-behind wins, games getting tied in the last period, teams going on to win. That, I think, tells the best…

— Gary Bettman

When you get into the playoffs, there become a lot of different storylines. But it's all about putting together a team that competes for…

— Erik Spoelstra

As an organization, would we like to be in a better spot Everybody would like to know they're in the playoffs. But that's not…

— John Tortorella

A lot of teams with expectations crumble.

— Diana Taurasi

There are times when teams have bad moments.

— Nacho

If we go to the conference finals and people say we had a bad season, I'll take that.

— Tony Parker

You go through a lot throughout a season. You're going to face a lot of adversity. And the best teams overcome any type of…

— Avery Bradley

When I see a league with a lot of change and turnover, yes, there's a lot of big narratives out there, but I see…

— Erik Spoelstra