Playoffs Quotes

I've been on teams that lost a hundred games in a season. I've been on teams that had a shot to make the playoffs and fizzled out at the end.

When players are used to winning, they put out a little more. Basketball 3rd winningest coach (regular season and playoffs) in NBA history; won 1,037 times in 20 years.

I don't care much about my personal record. I just want to be able to pitch in the playoffs.

If you throw 200 innings or more, you have to be in shape. If you work on your diet and strength, it will help you be in perfect shape for the playoffs.

It was an exciting time for me personally because the number of times I've been to the playoffs, that was the opportunity to obtain the first ring. That was special, that's for sure.

I think I can play in the big leagues 10 or 15 years. But more important to me is winning-win, make the playoffs.

[The Angels are] a team that gives you an opportunity always to be in the playoffs. This time, my first time with them, I was very close to getting to the World Series, so why not stay?

Getting to the playoffs is more important than winning an award.

Tim Duncan's foot issue, I think, is a major factor in this year's playoffs. That's not the kind of injury that gets better over time playing NBA basketball.

What I've talked about the entire series and throughout this playoffs is about intensity and effort, desire and will of our players.

The NHL is the best league in the world, but it's a grind. You sometimes forget, especially if you are losing, or missing the playoffs ... how fun this game can be.

I know winning 20 is a special kind of thing, but I'd rather get into the playoffs, and be strong for the playoffs.

At the same time, preparation is important to playoff success.

There's nothing less than that. I don't care about just going to the playoffs; I've been to the playoffs before.

The QB is going to be judged, fair or unfair, on success in the playoffs. You remember QBs who have won 3 or 4 Super Bowls

It's a reality here. We're a team that at this time of the season, with teams trying to get to the playoffs, it's going to be difficult to win.

Whether it's in the playoffs or not, you have to keep proving yourself.

If I continue to just get to the playoffs every year, I guess you could say I arrived, but right now I'm just trying to find my way.

Toughest [lineup] I've faced. Hopefully, if it comes down to the playoffs, I can get my revenge.

Am I crazy to spend [millions] in contracts when I have the chance to get three layers deep into the playoffs?

You want to be the guy who makes an impact in every game. In this sport it's all about results-winning games and making the playoffs.

I'm a proponent of a playoff so everybody can calm down.

The deeper you get into the playoffs, obviously the better the opponent is. Which means they'll be better defensively, they'll rebound better, they don't turn the ball over.

I watch a lot of NBA basketball, especially with the playoffs.

My first year in baseball, there were only one or two reporters. My second year, I got to the Triple-A playoffs, there were four or five. When I came up in 1984, I never saw so many people.

You've got to be in the moment, especially in the playoffs. If you're worried about the past, worried about what happened last game, that's a lost cause.

I've been in just about every situation as a player and coach and manager. I've been in the playoffs, World Series, and I know how to get there.

I have people that I'm close to that give me things to read throughout the season, and in particular in the playoffs and the postseason.

None of the teams that actually probably were offering me a job from the getgo, actually in spring training, are in the playoffs right now.

Pressure? Well it ain't hitting in forty-four straight games, because I done that and it was fun. The playoffs are pressure.

I'd rather have a 16, as in Stanley Cup playoff wins.

Life would be better if the Leafs would make the playoffs. Life would be perfect if they’d win the Stanley Cup.