Danny Amendola Quotes

A lot of things change in the playoffs.

When big teams play each other, you automatically want to raise your game. You want to see what level you're at, and you know you have to step up.

I love the fact that I get to play against the Los Angeles Lakers in a Game 7 on the road.

It's the Playoffs. This is what you play for.

The pressure of the World Series and the playoffs, it gets to you. But I hope I feel like that every year. Because hopefully we're playing into November every year.

It's why we play the game... postseason.

Playoffs are fun.

It's the playoffs, man. If you don't get excited about the playoffs, you don't even deserve to be playing basketball.

I joke that every time I'm in the playoffs, it feels like I'm in the Super Bowl.

Whenever teams play against Senegal, they want to do really well, and each challenge is always different.

The playoffs are tough. It's a different game.

The playoffs are like nothing else. The intensity is off the meat rack and I'm looking forward to going back.

Playoffs, you know, defense is elevated even more.

The thing I've always liked about the playoffs is the finality of it and knowing there's so much importance on every play.

It's the playoffs. Everything kind of amps up a little bit.

When your are playing for the national championship, it's not a matter of life or death. It's more important than that.

When you're playing against a whole bunch of All-Stars, it's like a video game. There's so much talent on the floor at once.

I do play tennis, but I don't really like competition. I'm supposed to be so intense, but I hate competition.

I've been in just about every situation as a player and coach and manager. I've been in the playoffs, World Series, and I know how to get there.

The fact that the games were so close was a tribute to the level of skill in the World Cup.

It's a shame anyone had to lose that. What a great rivalry.

We have to win that game. But we have to win every game, that's the way it's always been.

I'm used to performing under pressure, but that's playing football.

I think that the relationship between two top-level athletes who are rivals is one of the most fascinating human relationships to explore. It's always one atom away from being a tragedy.

People judge you by the way you play in the playoffs.