Quotes About Resilience

There's going to be different kinds of challenges on a yearly basis. You're going to have to overcome injuries, or you overcome a playoff loss or what have you. So there's always challenges in this business.

I mean, that's playoff hockey. You're not going to dominate every game, you're not going to score every goal.

I think one of the hardest times was when I almost won a Web.com tour event in 2016 after my freshman year. I lost in a playoff to Ollie Schniederjans and J.J. Spaun. I mean, who knows what could've happened if I'd won?

The bench is really important in the NBA because if you have a good bench, then you can make that playoff push even harder.

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.

My favorite players in January aren't those living the charmed playoff life, but the guys who can get up when they're knocked down, who forget the last mistake so they can make the next big play.

Playing the whole season and going through the whole playoffs in 2011 was the hardest 10-month period.

I've been in the league 12 years. To sit on the bench and complain about the way things were, that doesn't get anything done. I don't know. I'm playing for a championship and trying to make the playoffs. My effort has never changed.

During the playoffs, some players have more second-guessing and outright doubt to deal with than others.

The playoffs are the playoffs. You just play who is put in front of you.

It's the playoffs. You find a way to get through.

The playoffs bring the best out of people.

It doesn't matter if it's game one or game 82, playoffs or whatever. Sometimes the basketball gods don't play in your favor that night.

If there's a loose ball, dive on the floor. If you can take a charge, do that. The playoffs are all about scratching. Whatever it takes.

I don't want to get dunked on too much, and I want to make it to the playoffs.

You never want an injury as you're getting ready for the playoffs.

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

Teams that can run the football, stop the run and take care of the football will 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.

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

Joe Montana had bad games in the playoffs against the Giants and Chicago Bears; that doesn't stop us from considering him as possibly the best.

There's nothing that can teach you about the playoffs besides going through it.

You have to be ready for anything in the playoffs.

You apologize for losing in the playoffs, but you don't apologize for getting in.