Quotes About Pressure

A manager has to convince his hitters that they have to get on base for the next guy and that no player can do it by himself. Sometimes that isn't easy. In the playoffs, you can get into trouble because everybody wants to be a hero.

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.

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

People judge you by the way you play in the playoffs.

When you're in the playoffs, you have to get easy baskets and you have to limit their easy baskets.

The playoffs, everybody gets a little frustrated. You lose, your season's over.

You just want the highs to start once the playoffs start.

In the playoffs, the best players are supposed to play better. I did. It made no difference.

Eli Manning is the one man I just don't want to see in the playoffs. He is a flatliner.

The playoffs bring the best out of people.

I fumbled my senior year in the playoffs. It just annoyed me.

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

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!'

It's the playoffs, man. If you don't get excited about the playoffs, you don't even deserve to be playing basketball.

The playoffs is when I'm at my best.

Every moment is big in the playoffs.

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

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

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

In the playoffs, all eyes are on you.

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

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.