Quotes About Competition

Everyone starts the playoffs with the same record. It doesn't matter who won 70 games or whatever.

I get excited for the regular season also, but it's just added excitement when the playoffs start.

Not being in the playoffs is frustrating.

It's the playoffs. Teams are gonna go on runs.

The playoffs are tough. It's a different game.

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.

In the playoffs, all eyes are on you.

You want to see the team that is in the playoffs.

It's the playoffs. Everything kind of amps up a little bit.

You have to be able to win on the road if you want to win in the playoffs.

It's not easy to make the playoffs, and I think a lot of people overlook that. They think it's a piece of cake, but it's definitely not.

For every team in the playoffs, their defensive intensity, their defensive attention to detail just becomes greater.

In the playoffs, it's win or you go home.

Certain games aren't going to be my game. Certain games aren't going to be other people's games. As long as we win with the main goal to make the playoffs, that's all that matters.

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.

I just want to get better, compete for the playoffs and have that lead to a championship.

It feels good to win a game, because it's tough to win in this league, and then when you talk about the playoffs and being in it for two of three years, what a blessing.

I think running the ball effectively is the key to winning games in the playoffs.

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

I personally want to play in the playoffs.

Everyone in the League wants to play in the playoffs; I am no different.

I'm trying to go to the playoffs. That's my goal. Everything else is going to fall in place.

Going forward, what I can accomplish, I always have seen myself playing in the playoffs, playing deep, and winning. I want to be part of that and feel that.

Playoffs are fun.