Playoffs Quotes - Page 5

• You’ll never have a 16-team playoff in college football. The most that could happen would be four teams in the next century. But after that, I’m dead, so who cares?

  Beano Cook

  Football, Team, College

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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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• This is a good group of young guys that's eager to play. When I was coming up with the (Minnesota) Twins, they called us a Triple-A team. But then we made the playoffs. That's the direction we're headed.

  Corey Koskie

  Team, Play, Guy

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

  Lindy Ruff

  Winning, Cups, Stanley Cup

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

  Tim Hudson

  Strong, Winning, Special

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

  CC Sabathia

  Able, Records, Care

  "Are You Ready for Some Sissy Ball?" by Scott Raab and Jay Levin, www.esquire.com. October 13, 2007.

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

  Joe Buck

  Calm, Calm Down

  Source: thebiglead.com

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• When people come up to me and say, "I was at your Game 7 in the playoffs in Toronto," or, "I saw your first goal in the NHL," that triggers memories. But I don't sit around my kitchen table and tell my kids, "You know, one year I got 92 goals."

  Wayne Gretzky

  Memories, Kids, Years

  "Wayne Gretzky on the love of his life". Interview with Jonathon Gatehouse, www.macleans.ca. October 6, 2016.

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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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• 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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