Playoffs Quotes - Page 5

• This is definitely a playoff team. There's no question about that. It's just a matter of how much we want it.

  Peter Bondra

  Teamwork, Want, Matter

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• I care about this state... and I feel a responsibility to get things done. If we stay healthy and play smart we can be a playoff team. I think we're on the right track.

  Steve Mariucci

  Smart, Team, Responsibility

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• Westbrook: 10 triple-doubles and carrying that team, injury-prone, into the playoffs. LeBron being the best player in the world. But I think right now I would go with James Harden because of what he's done. He's stepped up his game defensively. He's not a great defender but he's competing on the defensive end.

  Mark Jackson

  Basketball, Team, Thinking

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• 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.

  Carlos Zambrano

  Perfect, Shapes, Helping

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• You could have a season where you hit .330 and did all these great things, but nothing ever materialized from it and you went home October One. Or you could hit .260 and have key hits and key plays on defense that help your team get to the playoffs and win the World Series.

  Andre Ethier

  Team, Home, Winning

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• I am right where I want to be-in the playoffs, and happy about it.

  Bobby Abreu

  Want

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• [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?

  Bobby Abreu

  Team, Angel, Opportunity

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• 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.

  Kevin Durant

  Basketball, Years, Trying

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• 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 in the playoffs.

  Pavel Datsyuk

  Player, Games, Important

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• [Spike Lee ] went to a game six playoff game at Indiana which was a hostile environment believing we could bring it back to New York for a game seven. That's just the kind of person he is. Also his commitment to the team and our friendship.

  John Starks

  New York, Team, Believe

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

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• It's been a long time since I've been in the playoffs. I want to get back there.

  Rafael Soriano

  Long, Want, Get Back

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• 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.

  Thomas Vanek

  Fun, Nhl, Games

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• I think you should have a mindset of getting to the playoffs, because once you get in the playoffs, it is kind of a crapshoot.

  Orel Hershiser

  Thinking, Should Have, Kind

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• A-Rod wants to be like Babe Ruth. And people don't realize this, he's a lot like Babe Ruth. Before the playoffs a couple of years ago, A-Rod went to the hospital and promised a dying kid he'd ground out to second for him.

  Artie Lange

  Sports, Baseball, Couple

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• Experience is everything. It means so much because it enabled me to learn the game even faster. Playing in the playoffs is the best basketball in the world, and if you can learn under that pressure, succeed under that pressure, it gives you more confidence the next year.

  Tony Parker

  Basketball, Mean, Years

  Interview with Jon Robinson, www.ign.com. October 11, 2006.

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• What pitching is in a short series in baseball, goaltending is in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

  Jack Adams

  Baseball, Pitching, Cups

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• My dream was to be in the NBA. I wasn't really focused on being a star player on a team. I just wanted to make it to the NBA. I've been blessed for the opportunities to be in the Finals, been in the playoffs ever since I've been in the NBA.

  James Harden

  Dream, Stars, Team

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• Well, of course you question it, especially when you get to this point. I always look at it would I rather not make the playoffs or lose in The Finals? I don't know. I don't know. I've missed the playoffs twice. I lost in The Finals four times. I'm almost starting to be like I'd rather not even make the playoffs than to lose in The Finals. It would hurt a lot easier if I just didn't make the playoffs and I didn't have a shot at it.

  LeBron James

  Hurt, Nba Championships, Finals

  "Game Quotes: Cavaliers vs. Golden State Warriors - June 16". Postgame Press Conference, www.nba.com. June 17, 2015.

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• But then I lock back in and I start thinking about how fun it is to compete during the playoffs and the first round, the second round, and Eastern Conference Finals. If I'm lucky enough to get here again, it will be fun to do it.

  LeBron James

  Fun, Thinking, Nba Championships

  "Game Quotes: Cavaliers vs. Golden State Warriors - June 16". Postgame Press Conference, www.nba.com. June 17, 2015.

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• The playoffs are the wedge between the season and the World Series. If you lose, it means you won't be going to the greatest sports event in this country...You're forgotten by Thanksgiving.

  Tim McCarver

  Sports, Country, Mean

  "Oh, Baby, I Love It!". Book by Ray Robinson and Tim McCarver, www.huffingtonpost.com. 1987.

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• The model for an NHL without fighting is right there in front of us. The [playoffs are] the time of year that fans love best; when the best hockey is played... [The] enforcers don't play. Even mini-enforcers... remain on the bench. Teams and coaches can't afford anything stupid and unpredictable... With no one to fight back for them, players go harder into the corners, more determinedly to the front of the net. If they want to fire up the crowd and their teammates, they have to do it themselves. And in the playoffs, they do.

  Ken Dryden

  Inspirational, Motivational, Team

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• As you've progress further in the Playoffs, the ice usually gets a little softer. It's tough to keep it that cold. We could make it hard, but it would be about 4 degrees in the building. I'm sure the fans wouldn't appreciate that very much, wearing parkas in June.

  Chris Pronger

  June, Ice, Appreciate

  "Off-Day News: Leighton To Start Game 2, Carcillo Back In? Pronger Gets Feisty At Presser". Interview with Tim Panaccio, www.broadstreethockey.com. May 30, 2010.

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• You don't realize the atmosphere in the arena until you're down on the ice for real, especially during the playoffs. You come out of the gate, you hear the fans going crazy, you know you're at home and in for a good time. It's something special, that's for sure.

  Joe Thornton

  Crazy, Real, Home

  Interview with Jon Robinson, www.ign.com. September 29, 2006.

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• You don't realize how long that NFL season is. It's a long season, especially in your first year. Not only do you spend a lot of time preparing for the draft and working out, but they you have OTAs, minicamps, training camp, preseason games. By the time you get to week six you've already had one of the longest years of your football life and you still have 11 weeks to go, plus the playoffs.

  Giovani Bernard

  Football, Games, Nfl

  Interview with Elias Trejo, www.askmen.com.

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• Every team in the NFL is hard, but when we play our own division it's a fight. Our goal is to make it to the playoffs and to do that we have to win games within the division. We match up well against this division, it's just a matter of getting on the field and doing what we know we can do.

  Giovani Bernard

  Team, Fighting, Winning

  Interview with Elias Trejo, www.askmen.com.

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