I knew nothing about hockey when I came to Chicago and then became the biggest fan - went to every playoff game.
You go to a couple of teams, and some guys have never been to a playoff game.
I'm a football guy. Baseball, I enjoy it at playoff time.
That's the reason why you work so hard all year long, to put yourself in a playoff situation.
I'm not a huge college football fan. The reason I'm not is because there's not a playoff.
I'm a proponent of a playoff so everybody can calm down.
When I was drafted in Cleveland, I wanted to turn this team back into a perennial playoff contender and to win the Super Bowl.
You need guys that have been playoff-tested and have that experience.
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 think it should be hard to get into the playoff. It really should.
Any time you're playing a playoff-caliber team, it is always good to show well, because you don't know when you'll be seeing them again.
I'd rather have a 16, as in Stanley Cup playoff wins.
I don't remember those early playoff games. Keep it positive. I'm a different player. More focused. I know how important it is to score in the playoffs.
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’ll never have a 16-team playoff in college football. The most that could happen would be four teams in the next century. But after that, I’m dead, so who cares?
It's indisputable that you'll make way more money with a larger playoff.
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.
In playoff football, you've got to be physical. You've got to run the ball.
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.
You're not going to reinvent yourself in the middle of a playoff series.
Any time you go into the playoff game everyone's adrenaline is high and tensions are going, stuff like that.
You always remember firsts, right? First girlfriend, first kiss and first playoff series.
I think playoff experience matters for sure.
There's a lot of disappointment when you lose a playoff game.
When it comes down to playoff basketball, it's attention to detail.
I've been to NBA playoff games.
After a basketball game, you're gonna be physically tired, but more mentally. Playoff time comes around, you have it all in your head.
I think the uglier the playoff beard, the better though, right?
To come out and win a playoff game, that's just amazing.
I've been blessed with doing something I love and then at the same time, do introductions at World Series, Stanley Cup championships, NFL playoff games and a lot of commercials. No regrets at all.
That's what you work all season for, to get into the playoff games, and you don't want to blow it.
The most important thing is playoff sex.....er....um...I mean success
When you inherit a franchise that won one playoff game in the last 10 years, you've inherited a troubled franchise.
This is what you do your routine for, so when playoff basketball comes, it helps you stay fresh, sharp, energized, strong - all that.
Playoff basketball ... you've got to treat every possession like it's your last.
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?
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.
For a football fan, there might be nothing better than watching a playoff game at Lambeau Field - and seeing it decided, dramatically, in overtime.
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.
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.
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.
You always see those players that are going to get that next contract based off of a playoff run. That's what winning does; that's what team ball does.
One thing you know about playoff competition is this: If you have a hot quarterback and your defense can take the ball away, you don't need to have a dominant defense anymore.
When it comes to playoff time, I pull the energy and the motivation.
You know in a playoff atmosphere anything can happen.
Less is always more in a playoff game.
This is definitely a playoff team. There's no question about that. It's just a matter of how much we want it.
"I'm in a win-win playoff. " Response of a Christian dying of cancer at thirty on the prospect of miraculous healing.
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.
Every playoff game is kind of like its own movie.
The bench is really important in the NBA because if you have a good bench, then you can make that playoff push even harder.
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.
Being a playoff team that got championships, it's going to bring something different out of you.
It's about getting hot, playing good football come playoff time.
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.
I just love playoff basketball.
At the same time, preparation is important to playoff success.
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.
I'm all for players extending their careers, and I'm all for trying to be as healthy as possible for the playoff run.
By the age of 18, the average American has witnessed 200,000 acts of violence on television, most of them occurring during Game 1 of an NHL playoff series.
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