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Every game is a playoff game.
I just love playoff basketball.
I've been to NBA playoff games.
I think playoff experience matters for sure.
You know in a playoff atmosphere anything can happen.
I'm a football guy. Baseball, I enjoy it at playoff time.
There's a lot of disappointment when you lose a playoff game.
I think the uglier the playoff beard, the better though, right?
It's about getting hot, playing good football come playoff time.
When it comes down to playoff basketball, it's attention to detail.
You're not going to reinvent yourself in the middle of a playoff series.
It's indisputable that you'll make way more money with a larger playoff.
In playoff football, you've got to be physical. You've got to run the ball.
You go to a couple of teams, and some guys have never been to a playoff game.
You always remember firsts, right? First girlfriend, first kiss and first playoff series.
That's the reason why you work so hard all year long, to put yourself in a playoff situation.
Being a playoff team that got championships, it's going to bring something different out of you.
That's what you work all season for, to get into the playoff games, and you don't want to blow it.
Any time you go into the playoff game everyone's adrenaline is high and tensions are going, stuff like that.
I mean, that's playoff hockey. You're not going to dominate every game, you're not going to score every goal.
This is definitely a playoff team. There's no question about that. It's just a matter of how much we want it.
When it comes to playoff time, the game slows down, the offense slows down and you've got to be able to get stops.
When you inherit a franchise that won one playoff game in the last 10 years, you've inherited a troubled franchise.
I'm all for players extending their careers, and I'm all for trying to be as healthy as possible for the playoff run.
You go through playoff series and people forget about them. Nobody forgets about a Rangers-Devils series. It's demanding.
The bench is really important in the NBA because if you have a good bench, then you can make that playoff push even harder.
Hard fouls are a part of playoff basketball, and I think that's how basketball should be. I don't take those fouls personally.
When I was drafted in Cleveland, I wanted to turn this team back into a perennial playoff contender and to win the Super Bowl.
This is what you do your routine for, so when playoff basketball comes, it helps you stay fresh, sharp, energized, strong - all that.
After a basketball game, you're gonna be physically tired, but more mentally. Playoff time comes around, you have it all in your head.
We had an opportunity to clinch a playoff berth and I think if that's not enough motivation I don't think you should be playing this game.
I think we have played like a playoff team for some time. We can still do better. The key thing right now is to look forward, not behind you.
When I was signing my card, I was like, 'Oh, wow, I actually went birdie-birdie to get in the playoff.' I was just in my own world out there.
If you can get your team to that point of being able to be in that playoff race mindset every week, that's something that most teams can't do.
I feel like, when I get a certain amount of minutes, and when the coaches allow me to be me on the court, I'm Rondo. There's no 'Playoff Rondo.'
When you watch Chris Paul on the playoff stage, you often sense he is fighting two battles, one against his nature and one against his opponent.
Playoff hockey is the best way to market your team. It's the best way to grow your fan base and give hope to your players and for them to develop.
I just felt like if I just kept making birdie - I think the 18th hole is a weird hole as a playoff, especially when you're trying to beat daylight.
For a football fan, there might be nothing better than watching a playoff game at Lambeau Field - and seeing it decided, dramatically, in overtime.
The more playoff games and Super Bowls and things of that nature that you're in obviously is going to build your portfolio and raise your visibility.
It's just like high school. If you're a freshman or a sophomore, it's hard to tell the seniors who've been through two, three, playoff games what to do.
When I look back at the tapes, your first everything, your first All-Star Game, your first playoff experience, it just seems like it went by really fast.
I loved the three years I had in Cleveland, especially that playoff run with Timmy Couch and Kelly Holcomb. And obviously those great years in Pittsburgh.
You've got to enjoy time with your family and friends, and if you're involved in sports franchises, those peak moments in playoff games. You have to enjoy life.
If you go to a team that's fighting for a playoff spot, you just want to fit in. That's all you want to do. Go in with an open mind and let yourself take it in.
As a sports fan, I like the one-and-done playoff setups of the NFL and NCAA, but a best-of-seven gives the favorite a much better chance of prevailing in the end.
I said as soon as we had a playoff, we were going to minimize the importance of all the other bowl games. I'm not saying it's good or bad; it kind of is what it is.
I had to do something special coming in. I didn't do it, so I had to do it in the playoff. Winning the Mercedes is awesome. Winning three times is a dream come true.
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.
I'm not going to fight because I mean too much to our team, and I can't afford to be suspended for a game or do something stupid to get me kicked out of a playoff game.