Quotes & Sayings About Winning In The Playoffs

I think your goal is to win every single game you play ... I'm not a guy that just puts a number on it and says we're going to do this, or makes a bravado statement like, "We're going to the playoffs and I guarantee it." I'm not a guy that talks about what we're going to do. I'm just, "Let's do it." And what it is is, we need to work extremely hard. — Chip Kelly

I want to help my team get to the playoffs, win, and run wild. — Adrian Peterson

When players are used to winning, they put out a little more. Basketball 3rd winningest coach (regular season and playoffs) in NBA history; won 1,037 times in 20 years; — Red Auerbach

Ultimately, if you can say that I'm a bad owner and we're winning championships, I can live with that. But if we're not making the playoffs and we're spending and losing money, then I have to look in the mirror and say maybe I'm not taking the necessary steps to doing what it takes to run an organization. — Michael Jordan

You could have a season where you hit .330 and did all these great things, but nothing ever materialized from it and you went home October One. Or you could hit .260 and have key hits and key plays on defense that help your team get to the playoffs and win the World Series. — Andre Ethier

After referees negated a line change that led to Tampa Bay"s winning goal in the Stanley Cup Playoffs: After all these years in the league, am I that stupid that I would put four forwards and one defenseman in a 3-3 tie, in the third period? I think everybody that knows me here knows I"m not that stupid. I might be halfway stupid, but not that stupid. — Pat Burns

The goal every year is to win the Super Bowl, not just to get to the playoffs, not just to win a few games. — Calvin Johnson

Winning the Rookie of the Year would be nice but making the playoffs would be even nicer for me. — Andrew Bogut

The fact that we're in the playoffs doesn't mean anything to us, to be honest with you. Hopefully, we can accomplish our goal of going into the playoffs on a winning note. — Michael Strahan

Hed been to the playoffs before. I was asked last week what I thought this season has felt like for Coach Gibbs. I would think it must seem very familiar to a man with all those playoff wins. Hes a great coach who understands how to get his team to play. — Mark Brunell

I dont believe it wins championships. (It) gets you to the playoffs. — Byron Scott

In the playoffs, it is do or die. You win or you go home. As a competitor, you love it. — Ben Roethlisberger

Getting to the playoffs is more important than winning an award. — Corey Perry

I don't doubt myself ever, but people that don't know me do. I've been playing for 15 years, and have the most playoffs wins in Wings history for a reason, and not because I'm a bad goalie. — Chris Osgood

It's a reality here. We're a team that at this time of the season, with teams trying to get to the playoffs, it's going to be difficult to win. — Nate McMillan

Good teams make the playoffs, hot teams win the playoffs. — Derek Jeter

I think I can play in the big leagues 10 or 15 years. But more important to me is winning-win, make the playoffs. — Carlos Beltran

You want to be the guy who makes an impact in every game. In this sport it's all about results-winning games and making the playoffs. — Martin St. Louis

I know winning 20 is a special kind of thing, but I'd rather get into the playoffs, and be strong for the playoffs. — Tim Hudson

Every team in the NFL is hard, but when we play our own division it's a fight. Our goal is to make it to the playoffs and to do that we have to win games within the division. We match up well against this division, it's just a matter of getting on the field and doing what we know we can do. — Giovani Bernard

I don't just want to play in the playoffs. I want to win the World Series. — Robinson Cano

We are a terrible defensive team right now. We're not putting forth the maximum effort that we need to put forth, especially in our position. You'd think that we'd put forth that maximum effort to not only win the game, but to get a good rhythm to get into the playoffs. — Jermaine O'Neal

What I've learned so far from researching is that to win the Stanley Cup, you have to make the playoffs. — Ted Leonsis