Erik Spoelstra Quotes

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

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

Game 7 is what you play for. It's what you work for.

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

You have to be ready for anything in the playoffs.

It's a treasure to be part of a Game 7 against a worthy opponent.

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

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

In the playoffs, it's win or you go home.

Opportunities are running out, and this is the do-or-die situation when the ball is in your hands, and you can either help your team to victory or not. And so I want to be in those situations. I think about them, and almost look forward to them.

Anytime you play a finalist it's going to be a challenge.

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

It's the playoffs. You find a way to get through.

I love to play finals. I love to play on the big stadium.

Being at NDSU and winning national championships, everyone's gunning for you. You got a big target on your back, and we had to be ready to go week in and week out. I think playing for a program like that, everyone's going to give you their best shot, and we embrace that.

You want to play in big games.

The most important thing is not the regular year, it's the playoffs.

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

In the playoffs, all eyes are on you.

It's the playoffs; you have to pick up the intensity.

The play-offs are a great occasion to be involved in; the semi-finals were amazing. When you're in it it's special and you do enjoy it but if you are in it, you have to win it. It's a lot of pressure.

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

It is a do-or-die battle every time we play India.

As you become a legend in the game, you build more doubters than you build supporters. And that's fine. I think that comes with anything that's challenging. I think it even comes with sports. The older that Michael Jordan got, I think the more doubted he became.

I love getting out of bed for competition.