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I attribute that to a lack of playoff experience. Playoff basketball is a little bit different. We h...
DARRYL ADAMS We
have definitely been in some battles together, lots of playoff games won,
CRYSTAL ROBINSON![]()
This was about as good as playoff basketball gets I think.
CHRIS STEWART We've been on the road before. We didn't have all our [playoff] games at home [in two] of the years ...
WILLIE MCGINEST It's eight games to the playoff and you have to get a second effort on everything. It was a great ef...
MARTIN ERAT![]()
I'm wiped out. I thought this was a great playoff game. That's what it was. It was a playoff game.
BOB WEIR We need to win out in conference games for a home playoff game.
TIM BARRETT These are like playoff games. Every game, every pitch, is so important now.
DAVID BELL A couple times I've played on three teams in three months. I was playing on a non-playoff team, they...
MIKE SILLINGER We haven't been beaten [at Spartan] in two games this year. The playoffs are going to be fun. I thin...
COLIN CLARKE Monroe is an outstanding team. That's how playoff basketball is.
DOUG PICKARTS It's not like we haven't been down before. We just gathered ourselves together, and that's how we go...
ANTHONY WEEDEN It's just like high school. If you're a freshman or a sophomore, it's hard to tell the s...
TONY ROMO We talk about region games as being playoff games. You've got to win you region games to get to go t...
MARK ROSE We started a few games where we started strong, experience-wise but we should have played better in ...
JAMIE WATSON After a surprising Divisional Playoff weekend, I anticipate more excitement and for two more rivetin...
CALVIN AYRE We talked to the kids before this week started that we wanted to end the season playing good basketb...
TIM TRANTHAM It's so important to stay in rhythm. If that was our first playoff game, that would have been very c...
LAWRENCE FRANK I just wanted to come to a playoff team and help them win games. Philly's the spot.
LEE NAILON It felt like a playoff game -- the crowd was intense. Although the crowd was loud and everything, th...
COURTNEY PRICE This was like a playoff game for us. I thought if we could get this one and even with Hillhouse comi...
JAY KARLINS We won the conference championship, made it to the Upper State semifinals and won two playoff games ...
JOEL ALLEN In the tournament we've gotten better defensively ... in our first two playoff games, our defense ba...
MARK ADAMS What we need to do is start 5-1 and keep it going and get some home playoff games.
TOM NALEN I'm not really a fan of the BCS. I wish they would go back to the way it was in high school. Have a ...
DANNY VERDUN WHEELER Yeah, definitely. I've never been in a playoff. I believe that these type of games, where you have t...
BOBBY ABREU It seems every game we're playing against teams battling for that last playoff spot and those are go...
JASON WILLIAMS It was almost like a playoff game, real exciting.
ISAIAH HERRERA The tournament was just a real breath of fresh air. It was nice to play playoff hockey in December.
ANDY CHIODO We stayed in it and we kept fighting back and fighting back. We missed some free throws down the str...
BRIAN RUSH I think we played like it was our first playoff game. Most of the team have never been in the playof...
CHARLES HENKE That was good stuff. It was a great crowd and that's what high school basketball is all about.
GREG NOSSAMAN He (Miller) is so mentally tough. Despite not having any NHL playoff games under his belt, he'll res...
CHRIS DRURY Of course the playoffs are still on our mind. We're in a position for the last playoff spot with a f...
JASON RICHARDSON I've never seen anything like it during the regular season. Obviously, it happens every year in the ...
JASON FITZSIMMONS [Chris Simms will control the Bucs' playoff hopes for the rest of the season.] I've been out there a...
CHRIS SIMMS (The Rangers have) gone from a non-playoff team to a playoff team, and that would have to play a hug...
GLEN HANLON It's hard to flip it, but it's the playoffs. You're always flipping the switch come playoff time.
DAVE CONTE I'm looking forward to seeing a lot less red in the crowd the next few nights. I think now that peop...
CRAIG LEIPOLD It really was a playoff atmosphere. I'm sweating, and it wasn't even that hot.
RON GARDENHIRE I just figured it was going to take another 10 days to get him going, if it's possible. I was planni...
BOBBY COX This reminded me of April and a playoff atmosphere. It's early, but we've got Columbus Monday, and y...
GARY ENIS![]()
Im not a politician and my other habits are good. Ive no enemys to reward, nor friends to sponge. Bu...
ARTEMUS WARD It was a gutsy effort. We've got a pretty good stretch going here and this whole month has been our ...
DANTON COLE (Carolina had) that stretch run of the (regular season), three road (playoff) games and the injuries...
HOWIE LONG It's his first National Hockey League playoff game and you're not playing him 12-15 minutes, you're ...
DARRYL SUTTER We played against very good teams, playoff teams for sure, maybe candidates to win the Stanley Cup. ...
JAROMIR JAGR We haven't beaten anyone in the playoffs yet, and that's what we have to do. We've won a lot of big ...
BRIAN URLACHER That's what you work all season for, to get into the playoff games, and you don't want to bl...
RAY NITSCHKE![]()
It was unfair for him to be criticized for the 33 shots because we put so much pressure on him to ca...
JASON KIDD Landon has a knack of knowing when it really matters, ... Is that a sense of timing or a really good...
FRANK YALLOP This is it. We wanted to have the playoff in so we don't have to do anything in Charleston.
BOB HANNA Based on our research, we anticipate our network will experience as much activity during the Final F...
GREG HALLER Were just now coming around to play together with everyone coming off the injured list. Thats going ...
HENRY BIBBY That was probably the closest thing to a playoff game all year.
DAYMOND LANGKOW I played in Joe Louis in a playoff game. I played there when the roof caved in for half a season. Th...
BILL LAIMBEER Shes become the heart and soul of the team. Shes the true center half weve been missing the five yea...
EVA LANG I think these are all teams that are going to be in playoff contention. Every team stands to make a ...
DIANE DAVEY Playoff games are always different than the regular season. You're going to miss more shots and make...
BUTCH WADE It really has gone as good as we could have planned. A big part of it was playing against teams from...
JOSE GIL It's never happened in this organization since I've been here, so it's going to be a gut-check. We h...
ALEX TANGUAY The more playoff games and Super Bowls and things of that nature that you're in obviously is goi...
LARRY FITZGERALD We have to climb over two to get to that spot. Montreal is looking to regain their spot in the next ...
PAT QUINN It's only been 10 days, but it was hard watching the other night with a close game like that. You're...
LES BORSHEIM It was definitely playoff level atmosphere, both teams played really well.
BRENT DERUYTER We need to step it up another notch before Wednesday. It seems like we've been sitting around on our...
MARCUS GILES He doesn't play like a freshman. I'm proud of the way we gutted it out. Being down eight, nine,10, w...
MARK SCHMIDT With the caliber of teams in this conference, every game is a playoff game. It was a huge win for us...
DON HARTMAN We talked about it. We've been giving up too many chances and we have to bear down if we want to win...
BRENT SOPEL They've really improved, and they are missing a few key players. They will be a big threat come play...
MARK LEROSE As an Olympian, I know I have to prove something extra, ... In the Olympics, I was having fun. Befor...
DEVIN VARGAS It was a playoff atmosphere-type game. Both teams played well. We're fortunate to get the win.
CHARLIE WARNER I want them to work hard for the people of Quebec City and elevate their game to another level come ...
PATRICK ROY We've played a month of playoff games. I think for the age of our team, guys have done a pretty good...
CHRIS GRATTON I talked to him last night and this is the first time he's been in a playoff situation. I just told ...
DUSTY BAKER It's playoff time, and I think if it were 150 games into the regular season, you'd see some people d...
CHIPPER JONES![]()
She does come to a lot of basketball games. And she really gets the crowd going for us.
JIM MURPHY It's very difficult because you know these guys are coming in here against a veteran team like Memph...
DWANE CASEY We won't take them for granted. This will be a very tough set of games on the road. They're very phy...
JOE BATTISTA It feels good (clinching a playoff spot). But there are still two more home games left and we would ...
ANNE DONOVAN That's cool (to help clinch a playoff spot). But it's also tough because Tomas has been here all yea...
CHRIS MASON It does feel like a playoff atmosphere. We've been battling to catch Toronto and we've done it. Now ...
ANTHONY CALVILLO It was great for us. We had a playoff atmosphere on senior night against the Falls.
ANDY CERRONI We're looking forward to it and I know he is. It's not a playoff game or a final. It's another win t...
JEFF STOUGHTON It was big win for us. The last home playoff game for us was in 2000 and we didn't win that one.
MATT CITRON Every game is like a playoff game right now. This road trip is a grind, especially coming down the s...
ERNIE HARTLIEB The World Series mattered a tremendous amount then and now. It always has been and always will be. I...
BILLY PIERCE We have a tough stretch of games coming up, but we're going to do our best to mix up the playoff rac...
DOUG PIQUETTE She loved him, even though it was so hard to love anybody else after loving my dad. I think I knew t...
MARGARET MCMULLAN We lost most of last year's playoff team and will be very young. If some of our younger players step...
DAVE LEO It means a lot to win six games in a row. We can compete with the best teams in the league. I think ...
JASON CHIMERA This was as intense a game as we've had all season long. There is an intensity between these two tea...
GEORGE KARL Chris looked pretty good, I thought, in two playoff games. If he's over his injury -- and I think he...
BUD ADAMS I've played in the Eastern Conference for a decade and know what it takes to win. The Islanders have...
ALEXEI ZHITNIK We knew coming in New Hampshire was a good team. I wouldn't be surprised if it was playoff game down...
KATIE MEINHARDT We felt we were a playoff contender in Class A, so if we're not [in Class B] it will be a very disap...
FRANK KNIGHT![]()
It's not about the stuff. The issue is how we use that stuff and how do we train people to use t...
JAMES COMEY This game meant so much more than a playoff game. We considered it the state championship for northe...
DAN FISHER It was a good playoff-level game. For us to win in overtime is a tremendous boost. This is the bigge...
DICK WILCOX We're battling for first place with Ottawa, so all those games are going to be huge. Then Toronto an...
DEREK ROY
DARRYL ADAMS We
have definitely been in some battles together, lots of playoff games won,
CRYSTAL ROBINSON
This was about as good as playoff basketball gets I think. CHRIS STEWART We've been on the road before. We didn't have all our [playoff] games at home [in two] of the years ...
WILLIE MCGINEST It's eight games to the playoff and you have to get a second effort on everything. It was a great ef...
MARTIN ERAT
I'm wiped out. I thought this was a great playoff game. That's what it was. It was a playoff game. BOB WEIR We need to win out in conference games for a home playoff game.
TIM BARRETT These are like playoff games. Every game, every pitch, is so important now.
DAVID BELL A couple times I've played on three teams in three months. I was playing on a non-playoff team, they...
MIKE SILLINGER We haven't been beaten [at Spartan] in two games this year. The playoffs are going to be fun. I thin...
COLIN CLARKE Monroe is an outstanding team. That's how playoff basketball is.
DOUG PICKARTS It's not like we haven't been down before. We just gathered ourselves together, and that's how we go...
ANTHONY WEEDEN It's just like high school. If you're a freshman or a sophomore, it's hard to tell the s...
TONY ROMO We talk about region games as being playoff games. You've got to win you region games to get to go t...
MARK ROSE We started a few games where we started strong, experience-wise but we should have played better in ...
JAMIE WATSON After a surprising Divisional Playoff weekend, I anticipate more excitement and for two more rivetin...
CALVIN AYRE We talked to the kids before this week started that we wanted to end the season playing good basketb...
TIM TRANTHAM It's so important to stay in rhythm. If that was our first playoff game, that would have been very c...
LAWRENCE FRANK I just wanted to come to a playoff team and help them win games. Philly's the spot.
LEE NAILON It felt like a playoff game -- the crowd was intense. Although the crowd was loud and everything, th...
COURTNEY PRICE This was like a playoff game for us. I thought if we could get this one and even with Hillhouse comi...
JAY KARLINS We won the conference championship, made it to the Upper State semifinals and won two playoff games ...
JOEL ALLEN In the tournament we've gotten better defensively ... in our first two playoff games, our defense ba...
MARK ADAMS What we need to do is start 5-1 and keep it going and get some home playoff games.
TOM NALEN I'm not really a fan of the BCS. I wish they would go back to the way it was in high school. Have a ...
DANNY VERDUN WHEELER Yeah, definitely. I've never been in a playoff. I believe that these type of games, where you have t...
BOBBY ABREU It seems every game we're playing against teams battling for that last playoff spot and those are go...
JASON WILLIAMS It was almost like a playoff game, real exciting.
ISAIAH HERRERA The tournament was just a real breath of fresh air. It was nice to play playoff hockey in December.
ANDY CHIODO We stayed in it and we kept fighting back and fighting back. We missed some free throws down the str...
BRIAN RUSH I think we played like it was our first playoff game. Most of the team have never been in the playof...
CHARLES HENKE That was good stuff. It was a great crowd and that's what high school basketball is all about.
GREG NOSSAMAN He (Miller) is so mentally tough. Despite not having any NHL playoff games under his belt, he'll res...
CHRIS DRURY Of course the playoffs are still on our mind. We're in a position for the last playoff spot with a f...
JASON RICHARDSON I've never seen anything like it during the regular season. Obviously, it happens every year in the ...
JASON FITZSIMMONS [Chris Simms will control the Bucs' playoff hopes for the rest of the season.] I've been out there a...
CHRIS SIMMS (The Rangers have) gone from a non-playoff team to a playoff team, and that would have to play a hug...
GLEN HANLON It's hard to flip it, but it's the playoffs. You're always flipping the switch come playoff time.
DAVE CONTE I'm looking forward to seeing a lot less red in the crowd the next few nights. I think now that peop...
CRAIG LEIPOLD It really was a playoff atmosphere. I'm sweating, and it wasn't even that hot.
RON GARDENHIRE I just figured it was going to take another 10 days to get him going, if it's possible. I was planni...
BOBBY COX This reminded me of April and a playoff atmosphere. It's early, but we've got Columbus Monday, and y...
GARY ENIS
Im not a politician and my other habits are good. Ive no enemys to reward, nor friends to sponge. Bu... ARTEMUS WARD It was a gutsy effort. We've got a pretty good stretch going here and this whole month has been our ...
DANTON COLE (Carolina had) that stretch run of the (regular season), three road (playoff) games and the injuries...
HOWIE LONG It's his first National Hockey League playoff game and you're not playing him 12-15 minutes, you're ...
DARRYL SUTTER We played against very good teams, playoff teams for sure, maybe candidates to win the Stanley Cup. ...
JAROMIR JAGR We haven't beaten anyone in the playoffs yet, and that's what we have to do. We've won a lot of big ...
BRIAN URLACHER That's what you work all season for, to get into the playoff games, and you don't want to bl...
RAY NITSCHKE
It was unfair for him to be criticized for the 33 shots because we put so much pressure on him to ca... JASON KIDD Landon has a knack of knowing when it really matters, ... Is that a sense of timing or a really good...
FRANK YALLOP This is it. We wanted to have the playoff in so we don't have to do anything in Charleston.
BOB HANNA Based on our research, we anticipate our network will experience as much activity during the Final F...
GREG HALLER Were just now coming around to play together with everyone coming off the injured list. Thats going ...
HENRY BIBBY That was probably the closest thing to a playoff game all year.
DAYMOND LANGKOW I played in Joe Louis in a playoff game. I played there when the roof caved in for half a season. Th...
BILL LAIMBEER Shes become the heart and soul of the team. Shes the true center half weve been missing the five yea...
EVA LANG I think these are all teams that are going to be in playoff contention. Every team stands to make a ...
DIANE DAVEY Playoff games are always different than the regular season. You're going to miss more shots and make...
BUTCH WADE It really has gone as good as we could have planned. A big part of it was playing against teams from...
JOSE GIL It's never happened in this organization since I've been here, so it's going to be a gut-check. We h...
ALEX TANGUAY The more playoff games and Super Bowls and things of that nature that you're in obviously is goi...
LARRY FITZGERALD We have to climb over two to get to that spot. Montreal is looking to regain their spot in the next ...
PAT QUINN It's only been 10 days, but it was hard watching the other night with a close game like that. You're...
LES BORSHEIM It was definitely playoff level atmosphere, both teams played really well.
BRENT DERUYTER We need to step it up another notch before Wednesday. It seems like we've been sitting around on our...
MARCUS GILES He doesn't play like a freshman. I'm proud of the way we gutted it out. Being down eight, nine,10, w...
MARK SCHMIDT With the caliber of teams in this conference, every game is a playoff game. It was a huge win for us...
DON HARTMAN We talked about it. We've been giving up too many chances and we have to bear down if we want to win...
BRENT SOPEL They've really improved, and they are missing a few key players. They will be a big threat come play...
MARK LEROSE As an Olympian, I know I have to prove something extra, ... In the Olympics, I was having fun. Befor...
DEVIN VARGAS It was a playoff atmosphere-type game. Both teams played well. We're fortunate to get the win.
CHARLIE WARNER I want them to work hard for the people of Quebec City and elevate their game to another level come ...
PATRICK ROY We've played a month of playoff games. I think for the age of our team, guys have done a pretty good...
CHRIS GRATTON I talked to him last night and this is the first time he's been in a playoff situation. I just told ...
DUSTY BAKER It's playoff time, and I think if it were 150 games into the regular season, you'd see some people d...
CHIPPER JONES
She does come to a lot of basketball games. And she really gets the crowd going for us. JIM MURPHY It's very difficult because you know these guys are coming in here against a veteran team like Memph...
DWANE CASEY We won't take them for granted. This will be a very tough set of games on the road. They're very phy...
JOE BATTISTA It feels good (clinching a playoff spot). But there are still two more home games left and we would ...
ANNE DONOVAN That's cool (to help clinch a playoff spot). But it's also tough because Tomas has been here all yea...
CHRIS MASON It does feel like a playoff atmosphere. We've been battling to catch Toronto and we've done it. Now ...
ANTHONY CALVILLO It was great for us. We had a playoff atmosphere on senior night against the Falls.
ANDY CERRONI We're looking forward to it and I know he is. It's not a playoff game or a final. It's another win t...
JEFF STOUGHTON It was big win for us. The last home playoff game for us was in 2000 and we didn't win that one.
MATT CITRON Every game is like a playoff game right now. This road trip is a grind, especially coming down the s...
ERNIE HARTLIEB The World Series mattered a tremendous amount then and now. It always has been and always will be. I...
BILLY PIERCE We have a tough stretch of games coming up, but we're going to do our best to mix up the playoff rac...
DOUG PIQUETTE She loved him, even though it was so hard to love anybody else after loving my dad. I think I knew t...
MARGARET MCMULLAN We lost most of last year's playoff team and will be very young. If some of our younger players step...
DAVE LEO It means a lot to win six games in a row. We can compete with the best teams in the league. I think ...
JASON CHIMERA This was as intense a game as we've had all season long. There is an intensity between these two tea...
GEORGE KARL Chris looked pretty good, I thought, in two playoff games. If he's over his injury -- and I think he...
BUD ADAMS I've played in the Eastern Conference for a decade and know what it takes to win. The Islanders have...
ALEXEI ZHITNIK We knew coming in New Hampshire was a good team. I wouldn't be surprised if it was playoff game down...
KATIE MEINHARDT We felt we were a playoff contender in Class A, so if we're not [in Class B] it will be a very disap...
FRANK KNIGHT
It's not about the stuff. The issue is how we use that stuff and how do we train people to use t... JAMES COMEY This game meant so much more than a playoff game. We considered it the state championship for northe...
DAN FISHER It was a good playoff-level game. For us to win in overtime is a tremendous boost. This is the bigge...
DICK WILCOX We're battling for first place with Ottawa, so all those games are going to be huge. Then Toronto an...
DEREK ROY
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What it's like to be a parent: It's one of the hardest things you'll ever do but in exchange it teac... 
So it's not gonna be easy. It's going to be really hard; we're gonna have to work at this everyday, ... 