Playoffs Quotes

• 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, and not win the whole thing because it's bittersweet.

  Allen Iverson

  Basketball, Winning, Want

  InsideHoops Interview, www.insidehoops.com. February 14, 2004.

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• In the playoffs, it is do or die. You win or you go home. As a competitor, you love it.

  Ben Roethlisberger

  Home, Winning, Competitors

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• The playoffs is all about showing heart and playing together.

  Dirk Nowitzki

  Heart, Together, Playing Together

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• Good teams make the playoffs, hot teams win the playoffs.

  Derek Jeter

  Team, Winning, Hot

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

  Derek Jeter

  Opportunity, Play

  FaceBook post by Derek Jeter from Sep 30, 2011

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• Whatever happened in the regular season seems to not matter in the playoffs.

  Carl Crawford

  Matter, Happened, Seasons

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• It’s not a question of if we make the playoffs; we will. And when we get there, I have no fear of anyone.

  Kobe Bryant

  No Fear, Have No Fear, Ifs

  "Kobe Bryant confident in Lakers". www.espn.com. February 22, 2013.

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• In the playoffs will beats skill.

  Kevin Constantine

  Hockey, Nhl, Skills

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• The playoffs are the playoffs. You just play who is put in front of you.

  Steve Nash

  Basketball, Play, Fronts

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• Playoff basketball ... you've got to treat every possession like it's your last.

  Paul Pierce

  Basketball, Lasts, Treats

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• You always want to feel better but I'm good. My thing is once you get to the playoffs, you do whatever it takes. You've got to lay it on the line.

  Brian Jordan

  Feel Better, Lines, Want

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• If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it.

  Ronnie Lott

  Graduation, Sports, Football

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• I love the NBA playoffs. It's just a great mental test for each team.
  When it's really close, usually one team pulls together, and the other team comes apart.

  Doc Rivers

  Team, Nba, Together

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• It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.

  Vince Lombardi

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Vince Lombardi, Jr. (2012). “What It Takes to Be Number One”, p.31, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• 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 success is just around the corner.

  Trevor Linden

  Play, Want, Good Times

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• Everything can happen in the playoffs.

  Red Auerbach

  Basketball, Happens

  Interview with Ken Shouler, www.espn.com. October 28, 2006.

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• 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.

  Drew Storen

  Past, Games, Lasts

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• Life is like a game, Charlie Brown... Sometimes you win... Sometimes you lose." "I'll be happy if I just make the playoffs.

  Charles M. Schulz

  Winning, Games, Life Is Like

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• I want my team to be more detached from the wins and losses and be more focused on doing the little things well. When you focus on getting the win, it can suffocate you, especially during the playoffs when the pressure gets thick.

  Sue Enquist

  Softball, Team, Loss

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• When it comes to playoff time, I pull the energy and the motivation.

  Pau Gasol

  Motivation, Energy

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• It would be easier if I didn't even make the playoffs, it would hurt less. But then I start thinking about how much fun it is.

  LeBron James

  Hurt, Fun, Thinking

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• People judge you by the way you play in the playoffs.

  Jaromir Jagr

  Play, People, Judging

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• I think when you saw this year's playoffs, Miami and Detroit have a pretty fierce rivalry now. Also, the Suns and San Antonio look like they're starting to develop something there. I look forward to seeing those rivalries continue and develop.

  John Starks

  Thinking, Years, Sun

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• It's funny, but when there are dominant teams, there are a number of people who rail about the fact that they're always seeing the Dallas Cowboys or the San Francisco 49ers or the Green Bay either in the playoffs or in the Super Bowl.

  Al Michaels

  Team, Cowboy, San Francisco

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• I felt like calling attention to AIDS. I had the AIDS ribbon colored into my hair during the playoffs in '95.

  Dennis Rodman

  Basketball, Hair, Attention

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