Playoff Series Quotes

You don't just accidentally show up in the World Series.

I believe that every single game in the Playoffs, round 1 to Eastern Conference Finals, every single game is a different game.

War of attrition, war of wills. That's what the Stanley Cup playoffs are - more intense, more physical and more prolonged than the playoffs of any other sport.

Our job is to get on the road and win one game now. It's a great position to be in. We were lucky to get home ice [advantage] this year. For some reason, we pulled it off at the end and we took advantage early in the series. Now, it's up to us to do our thing on the road.

We're not above a Game 7. We're not above competition.

I think the most important thing is that World Series.

You obviously have your routines that you rely on, then you go out and play and have fun. For us in basketball, we have a seven-game series, so you have time to adjust if you need to. It's a fun experience to go through, and one that I'll remember for a long time.

Basketball games - and seasons - make great narratives; they feature distinct acts, heroes and villains, and guaranteed resolutions.

We lost one (Finals), we won two and we lost another one. (We'll) take 50 percent in four years in championships any day. Obviously, we want to win all of them, but that's just the nature of the game. Not proud of the way we played (in this series).

Every game is its own thing in the playoffs. When you're in them long enough, you understand. If a playoff series goes six or seven games, it's like a rollercoaster. Your emotions are so up, then they're so down. 'You can't do anything right! Then everything's going your way!'

The most important thing is not the regular year, it's the playoffs.

I love the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Baseball's postseason shifts from game to game because of starting pitchers and the geography of the ballparks.

Winning the World Series is really all that we play this game for.

In a normal series you can have a couple of bad games and still win it.

It's so hard to win a World Series.

It's a treasure to be part of a Game 7 against a worthy opponent.

Whenever you're playing in the Championship or League football, you know there are play-offs at the end of it. If you miss out on the top two, it's a great alternative to play in a play-off final.

It's a Stanley Cup thing. The boys mangle one another for a series, performing all kinds of nasty tricks, then they make nice, shaking soggy hands as the teams shuffle in opposite directions.