If you don't think you can make the playoffs, then what's the point of even stepping on the court to begin with? Will we make the playoffs? Who knows? But that's our mentality.
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Related If we can pull it off against Burk on Friday, then that will give us a very good chance to make the ... HAROLD JACKSON You can tell they've played together. If you want to make the playoffs, you've got to win on the roa... GARRY MCPEEK Every team has hopes of making the playoffs. But the goal once you make them is to continue to win s... DARIN HARLEY We're going to make the playoffs. I can promise you that. KYLE HOLLAND We didn't make the playoffs. We definitely did a better job this year, but we still didn't make the ... JASON TAYLOR Potentially, we can go very far. But we can't look too far ahead because in our section, anybody can... GEORGE WILLIAMS First, we have to make the playoffs. Any point right now is huge. JAROMIR JAGR Our goal was to make the playoffs. Even though we will be going into the playoffs as fourth team in ... JAWAAN ALSTON You miss the playoffs and you're, like, a big loser. You might as well be the Royals if you don't ma... KAREN MILLER Two things can happen. We can make the playoffs and beat our cross-town rivals. JONATHAN ARCENEAUX We had some doubts early on as to whether we'd even make the playoffs. It's been an up-and-down seas... BEN GORDON Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be... GARY F EVANS... Whats the point of changing everything about your lover? you dont love them entirely for who they ar... AMIR RIVEROLL I think we will be a little bit more consistent this year. We have the good core, and if the other g... JEFF MYAER Coming into the playoffs, this was the statement we wanted to make. Everyone knows we're ready to pl... ALLEN HUDDLESTON The fact that we're in the playoffs doesn't mean anything to us, to be honest with you. Hope... MICHAEL STRAHAN This is a big win for us and boosts our confidence as we near the playoffs. We have a big game with ... ANDY MACDONALD We believe that at this point in our history, we need somebody who can take us to the next level, fi... FORREST GREGG The crowd was really pumped. I think they are starting to realize what's going on here. If we can ma... CLIFF LEE Last year we made the playoffs, but this year thats not enough. We want to at least get to the secon... COLLEEN KENNEDY The playoffs are the playoffs. You just play who is put in front of you. STEVE NASH My whole goal is the Arena Bowl, and to do that, we must make the playoffs. Division crowns are nice... WEYLAN HARDING I think you win and it speaks volumes, but if you win in the playoffs, that's where the respect is g... BOB SAVEIKIS Our approach is still the same. We can still make the playoffs and our team does not give up. COURTNEY CONRON We could play the same team 25 times. It doesn't matter. We have to play our best hockey. We have to... ANDREW PETERS I feel we've overachieved this season. After we missed the playoffs last year, we set our sights on ... LARRY KRUSE We've got a couple of seniors who are three-year starters who are giving us leadership, but we're st... BRAD HANKINS We can't hang our heads and say this was a lost season. I think, if this team continues to grow and ... MORRIS PETERSON The program is at a high level where they have been pretty much making the playoffs about every othe... JEFF HOUSEL Anytime you can make the playoffs in this district, you have to count it as a good year. It really h... DAVID PLUNK Our goal is to make the playoffs and do well. BRIAN SHIPLEY I certainly think we should make the playoffs. And we'd like to go further than we did last year. I ... GREG TABOR If we can handle their press, make our shots and make it a half-court game, we have a chance. We pla... ANDY LONG These points are up for grabs and any team in our position has to win our share of games. If you don... RANDY CARLYLE Everybody knows that each game is huge, ... Our playoffs start now. They probably started a week ago... SHAWN CHACON We are ready for the playoffs. But we first have to get by Trinity. I think if we can get Tyler McDo... HANK HARGRAVES We were very focused. It was a horrible feeling to lose. Now, if we make the playoffs we're on the r... DANIEL LYNCH If we're competitive, we have great fans here. Calgary is a wealthy city, and Alberta is a wealthy p... AL MACNEIL It's rare a team has a Cinderella year where they have a lot of losing seasons and then all of a sud... BILL HALL We're thrilled to make the playoffs but our work's far from over. We have our sights set on first pl... BO CHEESMAN I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES You need to win 75 to 80 percent of your home games (to make the playoffs). WAYNE GRETZKY I think this will be better for us. I think that we have a more realistic chance of making the playo... DAVE HILLIARD We had a lead in that game and we blew it. We have to learn to pull those games out. ... We're tryin... MIKE VAN RYN It almost feels around here sometimes like we didn't make them [the playoffs] because everyone is so... BRUCE CASSIDY I think we really just want to continue improving. After last year we just have a goal to play good ... BROCK KNIGHT What can you say about Lindsay. We will ride her shoulders throughout the playoffs. JASON STREETS I'm very pleased with where we are right now. At the beginning of the season our goal was to make th... JACKIE COOPER We're one series away. If we can't win that series, we don't deserve to make the playoffs. JOE JORDANO Realistically, if we keep playing and improving the way we have, I think we have a great chance of g... JOE FILOTEO But I told them that means nothing. We have a challenge to make the playoffs. ALEXI LALAS The way the section is, I think five or six losses will still be good enough to get you into the pla... BOB AMALIA I don't think you ever go into a season admitting anything to anyone that you're going to win the St... GLEN SATHER I'll get calls to make changes because a child's team made the playoffs. Parents will say, 'We would... KATHY SUDEIKIS My God, ... What are the headlines going to be like on Monday if the Yankees don't make the playoffs... WADE BOGGS I definitely think we have what it takes to make the playoffs. We've had injuries, we've had differe... MATT HARPRING You begin to take on the mentality of your coach. If he feels so confident, then I feel confident. D'BRICKASHAW FERGUSON I don't want to talk about any goals. My goal was to make the playoffs before the season. And I've b... JAROMIR JAGR I don't know how the rules changes will affect the playoffs, and if the playoffs will be called tigh... JED ORTMEYER [Doctors and the studys authors suspect that when the Red Sox are in the playoffs, patients who can ... ALASDAIR CONN Finishing 3-1 on our part was really good. I think we are definitely passing much better. Our offens... DINA GRAVES We wanted to run through all our offensive plays to make sure we run them perfectly in the playoffs. MALCOLM FORD I would say now it's next to impossible for us to make the playoffs. Even if we won the rest of our ... GENE LAMONT If we're honest with ourselves, most of us know the one thing we lack. CRAIG GROESCHEL I don't think they should just get rid of everyone in the room just because we didn't make the playo... MARKUS NASLUND The important thing is to get into the playoffs, ... but you don't want to go into the playoffs with... ROBERT FICK Hopefully we can correct some things before the second half of the season and make a push for the pl... RON RICHARDS George, for the last two days, was stressing the fact that, if the playoffs started tomorrow, (Memph... CARMELO ANTHONY The season is a beast within itself. It's not the quickest race; it's a marathon. In the pla... JERRY WEST We're really shooting for winning the conference. We'd like to make it well into the playoffs. Hopef... JAKE PEYMANN We didn't have a bunch of divisions then. If you won your league, you advanced to the playoffs. If y... BILL WHITTAKER I definitely think we can make playoffs. We're starting to really click and look strong. We have a c... ALANE BURKE We have gotten a lot better as the season wears on. We probably won't win the WPIAL, but we could pr... DON COOLEY My God... What are the headlines going to be like on Monday if the Yankees don't make the playof... WADE BOGGS I don't think the Patriots can win the Super Bowl. It'll be a miracle year if they make it back to t... TIM BROWN We are looking to be respectable in our division and make the league playoffs again, ... We have a g... DAVID POTTS You want to go into the playoffs winning and get that swagger about yourself. If you go into the pla... KAREEM MCKENZIE If we want to make a run in the playoffs, we have to be under control and willing to share the baske... DARRYL ADAMS Like everybody says, he's got to get to the playoffs -- that's the key. All this he's doing now, he'... JEFF MCINNIS We got to pretty much every chance we had. In the playoffs [you can't] make an error. Don't give [th... BRYAN BAUCOM I really want to make this push to make the playoffs. All I was thinking about was getting a win and... JOHN PATTERSON The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I've never been to the playoffs and I'm running out of time. I know that I need to rely on those guy... JEFF CIRILLO We came into this game relaxed knowing we had already made the playoffs. We're ecstatic about making... HILLARY LIMBAUGH We're not going to win the section, but we played this team tough, and if we keep playing like this,... BILL GARDNER If you can just get in the playoffs and get by a match or two, I think you start to realize your dis... BOB WEIR Better competition will make us perform better. You play really good teams to prepare for the playof... BRUCE ALTER If you can control a mans thinking, you dont have to worry about his actions. If you can determine w... CARTER WOODSON Everybody has zero wins and zero losses. I've been on other teams where we swept a team [in the regu... RUSLAN FEDOTENKO Orion is above the horizon now, and near it Jupiter, brighter than it will ever be ... But i expect ... THOMAS HARRIS Right now, we're completely focused on our next game. But if we win out, I think we'll have a good c... KATE MCHARG I'm just happy if we make (the playoffs). If we don't make it to Augusta, it's still a successful se... MIKE LEBLANC We still have an opportunity to make the playoffs and our fans expect and deserve a team that will f... ALEXI LALAS To be the best is a choice you make on your own SOTONYE ANGA When you are competitive, you have a need to succeed. Success can be placing first or making the pla... BILL BESTWICK We are going to give it our best shot against Crosby. It will be a tough game but our goal is to get... DARIN HARLEY We just didn't take care of business. The last two games we had an opportunity to make the playoffs ... DIANA TAURASI By no means are we out of it but we've got to turn these games around. This is the playoff mentality... CHRIS LEITCH In this league, you could make a case that every team deserves to be in the playoffs. But that's pro... GREG SIMS Obviously the thing that we'd want to do is make the playoffs, but we'll need a little help with tha... BRIAN KAMLER
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