Quotes About Focus

That's the reason why you work so hard all year long, to put yourself in a playoff situation.

Less is always more in a playoff game.

It's about getting hot, playing good football come playoff time.

Playoff basketball isn't about who scores, stats or putting numbers up on the board. It's just about winning at the end of the day. When you play a game in a series, it becomes chess. It becomes who can outsmart the other team.

The thing I've always liked about the playoffs is the finality of it and knowing there's so much importance on every play.

A lot of things change in the playoffs.

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

It's the Playoffs. This is what you play for.

It's the playoffs; you have to pick up the intensity.

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.

Playoffs, you know, defense is elevated even more.

In the playoffs, it changes a little bit with defenses tightening up and every little thing is put under the microscope.

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

You always want to feel better but I'm good. My thing is once you get to the playoffs, you do whatever it takes. You've got to lay it on the line.

The playoffs bring the best out of people.

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

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.

Every moment is big in the playoffs.

I don't pay attention to accolades or any of that stuff because I think it can serve as a distraction, so for me, I just focus on winning games, trying to make the playoffs.

I just want us to be playing our best basketball here when the playoffs start, and in the right mindset.

When you're playing to get into the playoffs, your contract is the last thing on your mind.

In the playoffs, all eyes are on you.

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

You always take rest over rust in the playoffs.