Rowan Ricardo Phillips Quotes

I just love playoff basketball.

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

Millions of guys play millions of basketball games every day of the week at the playground or the YMCA. But LeBron James gets $20 million a year because he can jam on all of those guys. We're always going to want to see LeBron and Kobe go at it.

Any time you get to compete for the championship in a professional spot, it's just a magic thing.

The regular season is awesome. It's fun. But postseason, that intensity and adrenaline you get from it is a lot.

I've been to NBA playoff games.

What the Super Bowl did for us was give us a sense of urgency.

You want to play in the best stadiums against the best players - your Real Madrid's and Barcelona's - you want to play those teams.

I was in the postseason twice and I'm thankful for that.

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.

Never in a million years would I think I'd play in a Super Bowl.

If someone were to ask me before I made the NBA, you going to have to go through all this, you're going to have to sign your soul away to play in the league, I still would have done it.

It's so much harder to make the NBA than people think it is.

I wanted to see if I could win a championship in San Antonio.

You just want the highs to start once the playoffs start.

It's definitely good to play out of my comfort zone, especially in the Sydney Premier League which is one of the toughest leagues in the world.

You have to give 100 percent in the Champions League, as you're up against the biggest teams.

If you have Real to face, you have to think about them - they are one of the best teams in the world.

The margin for error in the Champions League is tiny.

I got a chance to host the 'Late Late Show' for two nights before they hired Craig Ferguson. I enjoyed it, but nothing can replace the thrill of calling an NFC championship game or a Super Bowl or a World Series.

I used to watch LeBron on TV growing up, and now I'm playing my first game against him.

To be able to have a professional 3-on-3 league and be a part of that, that's been a ton of fun, ton of fun. The fans love it, the players love playing it, and it's just a lot of fun to be around.

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 would have been harder for me to get rookie of the year in Cleveland than it would've been in Minnesota.

It's the NBA summer league and everyone's out there fighting. It's been a great experience for me.