Playoff Quotes
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Of course, the wind sort of swept up and the music was flying around in mid air and they were trying to play off it. You had to be there. It was quite funny.
Roy Wood Electric Light Orchestra -
We did our best the last couple of weeks, we really put on a push. But the teams ahead of us were also playing playoff hockey.
Luke Richardson
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I think they felt intimidated at some point in this playoff. ...Our big guys have been effective. ... They just wanted to make a stand and make a statement.
Phil Jackson -
It?s going to be a tough week because it?s going to be a playoff atmosphere. It?s important for us to try to win one game at a time and just concentrate on that. Whatever opponent we have to play, just worry about those guys. And then worry about whatever happens after that.
Allen Iverson -
I'll see what kind of feedback I get, but after the first two plays of contact, I forgot about it. It isn't 100 percent completely healed, but it's not bad enough to slow me down. I should be a lot further along in a couple of weeks, come playoff time.
Cedric Benson -
I'm not going to weigh in on that one. I think that water is a little deep. I think that he measures himself against a season. I've always given him credit for that and he knows what the end-goal is. He's got a tremendous amount of pride and I anticipate that's a process that he's going through. He'll be there when playoffs are going and he'll probably be at his peak at that time.
Phil Jackson -
Honestly, we know that we're fighting for a playoff position. I just don't want to settle for the eighth spot. If we play these games out and win most of them, we can get up to the seventh, or maybe even the sixth spot.
Allen Iverson -
He's had a great year this year. I wanted him to have an opportunity to be on the playoff roster and be successful.
Phil Jackson
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That's as down as I've seen a hockey club. We've been riding them so hard in the last month and a half that they were drained. I think that's understandable because every game was like a playoff game for us.
Bob Hartley -
Yeah, definitely. I've never been in a playoff. I believe that these type of games, where you have to play every game to make it to the next step, I'll definitely take something out of it.
Bobby Abreu -
If this was a playoff game, he could play. It's not serious.
Alain Vigneault -
In playoff football, you've got to be physical. You've got to run the ball.
Ezekiel Elliott -
Whether he plays, pinch-hits, whatever, he's certainly going to be a force. Emotionally, it can be a big lift for them. . . . I don't know if it will change the playoff race or not, but I know they're excited about getting him back.
Bob Melvin -
There are still concerns at both the top and the bottom. The goal would be to get a tighter range that would ensure that even more than 20 clubs at Labor Day still have a chance to compete for playoff spots, that playoff spots are based on skill and talent and blossoming stars and not just on plugging holes with economics.
Bob DuPuy
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Playoff hockey is the best way to market your team. It's the best way to grow your fan base and give hope to your players and for them to develop.
Steve Yzerman -
Well, how cool is that? You're sitting here with two guys playing in a playoff, one guy has just stoned it. He's nervous. I know he's nervous -- he's never won a Tour event -- and he hits a shot and it hits the pin. The crowd went bananas. I mean, how could you not like that.
Brad Faxon -
I put some thought in it and decided to come on down and see if I can't help this team in some shape and form to get into the playoffs.
Paul Quantrill