Playoffs Quotes

Ultimately, if you can say that I'm a bad owner and we're winning championships, I can live with that. But if we're not making the playoffs and we're spending and losing money, then I have to look in the mirror and say maybe I'm not taking the necessary steps to doing what it takes to run an organization.
Michael Jordan

Money, Live, Bad

I'm not going to make it the all - everything. Our (the Saints) goal is to get better, make the playoffs and win the Super Bowl, but I'm not gonna anguish over it like I have in the past.
Mike Ditka

Past, Everything, Win

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

Hair, Attention, Felt

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

Good, Whatever, Once

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

Play, Put, Front

My God... What are the headlines going to be like on Monday if the Yankees don't make the playoffs?
Wade Boggs

God, Monday, Yankees

Winning the Rookie of the Year would be nice but making the playoffs would be even nicer for me.
Andrew Bogut

Nice, Winning, Making

The fact that we're in the playoffs doesn't mean anything to us, to be honest with you. Hopefully, we can accomplish our goal of going into the playoffs on a winning note.
Michael Strahan

Winning, Mean, Goal

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.
Roger Clemens

Time, Special, Times

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.
Pedro Martinez

Job, Spring, Training

I had never been to the playoffs, and it was exciting. The fans went through the roof. They were excited about the whole team. It was great to be traded to a city like Chicago, which was a lot like Boston.
Dennis Eckersley

Great, Through, Team

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

Blessed, Team, Wanted

When I go back to NFL functions today, I feel a bit on the outside looking in. I played 13 years in the NFL, and I loved it - made a Pro Bowl and went to the playoffs - but I always felt like I was having to knock the door down to get in.
Doug Flutie

Today, Down, Made

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.
Chili Davis

End, Lost, Games

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

Win, Whole, Second

The game against the Vikings back in my second year stands out. It was kind of a turnaround for us. It allowed us to make a run at the playoffs for the first time in quite a while. The memories are so many it's hard to pin one down.
Drew Bledsoe

Time, Game, Hard

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.
Derek Fisher

Give, Read, Close

Pat Riley, Dave Checketts and Ernie Grunfeld - they brought the Knicks back to the glory days. It started with Rick Pitino. We took our first step with him, making the playoffs. When Pat came in we just kicked the door open.
Patrick Ewing

Him, Door, Making

We have a lot of rookies in the lineup. More than anybody, I would say. Its going to be something new for them.They have to understand that it's totally different hockey in the playoffs. Starting with the fans, the intensity of the game, every mistake counts.
Jaromir Jagr

Game, Different, Understand

People judge you by the way you play in the playoffs.
Jaromir Jagr

I haven't been back in Montreal, at all, since the playoffs ended two years ago. It's been a while.
Saku Koivu

Two, While, Since

The excitement of the fans in Montreal, especially in the playoffs, I don't think you can get that anywhere else. For a hockey player, I kind of wish everyone could go through that and experience what it is to play there. It's very unique.
Saku Koivu

Experience, Through, Play

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

Funny, Fact, Either

My situation is different from Mark's. I'm not looking for home runs, I'm looking for the playoffs.
Sammy Sosa

Home, Different, Looking

To me, it's like we're already in the playoffs. Every game is important for our position. We can't relax at all.
Peter Bondra

Important, Game, Position

I've been in the league 12 years. To sit on the bench and complain about the way things were, that doesn't get anything done. I don't know. I'm playing for a championship and trying to make the playoffs. My effort has never changed.
Chris Webber

Done, Trying, Effort

I played in the playoffs with teams that were known for flopping and you do not get respect.
Chris Webber

Respect, Known, Played

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.
Dwight Gooden

Baseball, Two, Year

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

Forward, Pretty, Year

I'm not a guy that believes you've got to have a lot of experience to have success in the playoffs.
Phil Simms

Success, Experience, Guy

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