If we think a playoff spot's not in the cards, there will be no concern for appearances or cosmetics whatsoever. We'll continue to address our future and trade off some pieces that would keep us respectable.
At the end of the day, I've played six years, haven't made the playoffs yet, that burns me and hurts my heart, so I really want to be playing.
I'm tired of not being in the playoffs... I hate watching them on TV.
There comes a point in every season for every team that you start to separate yourself, and you see the league do that every year.
In Kansas City, most of the time, if we'd have made it to the playoffs, we would have been happy. But our team wasn't that good.
Detroit's so bad this year they might lose their bye week.
My God... What are the headlines going to be like on Monday if the Yankees don't make the playoffs?
Don't worry, the fans don't start booing until July.
I really don't know what it takes to make it to the playoffs.
We literally had all 10 teams alive for a playoff position in the final week of the season. That outstanding balance and those close races created a major surge in attendance in the last month of the season.
If you just look at the numbers, you pretty much have to get 10 wins to get into the playoffs, sometimes more than that.
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.
Usually I'm nowhere near the playoffs. My last game of the year is usually at the end of the regular season in April.
It's always in your mind, because that's the goal - you want to definitely be in the playoffs. But at the same time, it's not easy to do. It's no easy task, and the challenge is to go out and try to clinch that, by any means.
I'm pretty sure everybody in the NBA wants to make the playoffs. Every player, every coach, every organization wants to make the playoffs.
When is it too late to say it's still early for the Cubs? Try now. Their magic number is 1998, at least until it becomes 1999, but in lieu of a present, they offer you a future.
It's the playoffs. Teams are gonna go on runs.
I want to fight for the playoffs.
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.
Everyone in the League wants to play in the playoffs; I am no different.
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.
Fifty-nine or 54 or 52 or 49 wins isn't going to mean a whole lot. What's going to mean a whole lot to me, our organization, and our fans is how we perform in the playoffs and how deep a run we can make, and that's what we're setting our sights on.
Whenever you're playing in the Championship or League football, you know there are play-offs at the end of it. If you miss out on the top two, it's a great alternative to play in a play-off final.
Let's face it, first-time assistant coaches normally don't walk into jobs with two perennial All-Stars on a team that just got bounced in the Western finals. Normally, they get a job in the middle of a year, playing for lottery balls.
