If you are not playing for the Stanley Cup at the end of the year, what's the point? If you don't win, you may as well not make the playoffs, because you are loser just like everyone else.
The most important thing is win enough games to get into the playoffs. Then, once you get into the playoffs, win.
Only one champion stands at the end of the year, so just making the playoffs isn't enough.
The difference between an 8-8 team and a team that goes 12-4 is not that much, and I think we realize that.
At the end of the day, the most important goal is to get to the World Series and to win the World Series.
To me, it's like we're already in the playoffs. Every game is important for our position. We can't relax at all.
When I first came into the league, we went 13-3 with a first-round bye, and I said, 'OK, this is how the NFL goes. This is cake. I'll have a Super Bowl trip every couple of years.' That's what I thought.
It's all about the playoffs for me. I don't care about the regular season.
You go to the Super Bowl in your second year and you're like, 'OK, cool. I'll be back next year or the year after that.'
The team that gets off to a good start wins pennants.
You play to win, to get that World Series ring, All-Star games and whatever comes with it.
I think all 32 teams have the goal of winning a championship, that goes without saying.
You know that in the playoffs, everyone starts from zero. No matter what team you have to face, if you want to make it to the World Series, you have to get through two rounds against very good teams that are going to be hot.
I can say all of the goals I want individually, but if we make the playoffs those individual accolades will come.
I want to be in the playoffs every year.
Winning the NFC championship affords you a chance at the next opportunity.
Win games. Win games in the playoffs. Win the Super Bowl. That's what it comes down to. The ultimate goal is to start off by winning the division and go from there. Those are the big goals.
Every time when the season starts you have a goal, right? To reach the playoffs. You reach the playoffs, and then the next step is to win the Cup.
I think being able to make the playoffs alone is an outstanding accomplishment alone and something not a lot of people get to experience in their careers.
The playoffs is ‑ I think I took it for granted a little bit. My first two years I kind of just thought that always happened, I guess.
I said publicly last year that I wanted 2012 to be a great season, not just a good season. We certainly had a very good season and perhaps exceeded a few expectations. But Broncos fans, you and I know what a great season looks like.
I'm not going to be happy until Cleveland wins a Super Bowl.
We literally had all 10 teams alive for a playoff position in the final week of the season. That outstanding balance and those close races created a major surge in attendance in the last month of the season.
Usually I'm nowhere near the playoffs. My last game of the year is usually at the end of the regular season in April.
If you just look at the numbers, you pretty much have to get 10 wins to get into the playoffs, sometimes more than that.
