Nick Nurse Quotes

Every team starts out at the beginning of the year saying, 'We want to win a championship,' but you've got to have a goal of getting to the playoffs first.

The Houston team I was on - we were just rolling. We just hit the right stride at the right moment. And the Lakers team, we were rolling again.

I would like to be in the playoffs. I would hope that there is some opportunity to go and play in the playoffs. Those are the best games, the most fun for sure, and you have a chance to win.

I'm pretty sure everybody in the NBA wants to make the playoffs. Every player, every coach, every organization wants to make the playoffs.

We want to be in playoffs, we want to fight for a title.

It's about getting hot, playing good football come playoff time.

I've been to playoffs before. That should be everybody's goal is the playoffs.

If you just look at the numbers, you pretty much have to get 10 wins to get into the playoffs, sometimes more than that.

Every time when the season starts you have a goal, right? To reach the playoffs. You reach the playoffs, and then the next step is to win the Cup.

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.

To be able to get a football team that's capable of competing for world championships, you always got to get a little bit lucky, but you got to have all phases to win it all.

Every year you suit up, you play for a championship. Some years, some teams... it was very few times I think I played on that realistically had a chance.

One of the best things is to be able to go to the playoffs and win a championship. After you taste the first one, you want to go back every year.

The most important thing is win enough games to get into the playoffs. Then, once you get into the playoffs, win.

I really don't know what it takes to make it to the playoffs.

I want to fight for the playoffs.

I just want to win as a team, take road games, play some of the top teams and beat them to make the playoffs.

You can't compare regular season to postseason.

Sometimes fans... they want more and more and more, and they think you win a national championship every year. It doesn't work that way.

I'm dying to play in the playoffs. Dying to bring a little success back to Edmonton. I think the fans deserve it, the city deserves it.

A good season for me is going to the playoffs and making a run for the Super Bowl and having a good record.

Everyone in the League wants to play in the playoffs; I am no different.

It's cool to make the playoffs. It's not cool to lose in the first round anymore. The goal is to make the Finals.

When you get into the playoffs, there become a lot of different storylines. But it's all about putting together a team that competes for a title.

I want to be in the playoffs every year.