Playoff Push Quotes

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.

The most important thing is win enough games to get into the playoffs. Then, once you get into the playoffs, win.

Once it gets down to single-digit games, you know the season's end is approaching, and we're all pretty physically tired.

It's all about the playoffs for me. I don't care about the regular season.

The Houston team I was on - we were just rolling. We just hit the right stride at the right moment. And the Lakers team, we were rolling again.

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

It's cool to make the playoffs. It's not cool to lose in the first round anymore. The goal is to make the Finals.

A lot of teams who go on to win trophies lose in quarter-finals or semi-finals first.

There comes a point in every season for every team that you start to separate yourself, and you see the league do that every year.

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 want to be in the playoffs every year.

You just want the highs to start once the playoffs start.

In the regular season you always say, 'Take it one game at a time.' But the playoffs, they kind of make you do that.

When you get into the playoffs, there become a lot of different storylines. But it's all about putting together a team that competes for a title.

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.

That win means so much. They got back into the game but I think we showed today that we want to go to the wire. We want to go all the way.

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.

The season is a beast within itself. It's not the quickest race; it's a marathon. In the playoffs - if you're fortunate enough to make the playoffs - that's more like a dash. You have to concentrate on one opponent. When they're done, you have to concentrate on another one.

The Process is never going to end. It's an ongoing thing. I don't think it's ever going to stop. As I have explained before, it's a process for making it to the playoffs, it's another one to make the conference finals, another one to actually go to The Finals and win the championship.

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.

We want to chase and seal the championship title. The decisive thing is to be at the top at the end of the season.

I really don't know what it takes to make it to the playoffs.

If you just look at the numbers, you pretty much have to get 10 wins to get into the playoffs, sometimes more than that.

We want to be in playoffs, we want to fight for a title.

Usually I'm nowhere near the playoffs. My last game of the year is usually at the end of the regular season in April.