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You just try to make the most of every single opportunity in the postseason. We weren't able to do it this year. - Theo Epstein

You have to come out and play. It's the postseason. Everyone is going to come out with more energy than they normally do. If you want to be in the second round, you have to be ready to take someone's best punch. Until we got knocked down a couple of times, we didn't get the picture that we had to step up and play. - Terri Schrishuhn

You have to believe Duke and North Carolina and Maryland are all going to be teams in the postseason that are going to be very successful. They've proven themselves throughout the season. - Pat Summitt

You go out and you try to do a little too much instead of playing within yourself and playing within the system. The thing this year is to try not to make mistakes you made last year. (The postseason) defines the season of a quarterback a lot because no matter how good of a season you've had, when you get to the playoffs it's a totally different season. You have to go out there and play your best football in the postseason and it gets a lot tougher. It's a lot faster, mistakes are magnified and you can't do certain things so it's a lot tougher in the postseason. - Ben Roethlisberger

You get to the postseason, and it's a new season. That's how we're going to approach it. We thought all along that we've been the best team in the West. We'll take our chances come Oct. 4. - Brian Giles

You don't want to go into the postseason 0-4 in your last four games. It really doesn't matter what you do in the first couple months of the season, but it's how you're playing right now. - Shaun Ratay

You don't have to consider anybody else... He's the best in the postseason. And he's very good, great, in the regular season. He is so consistent. And beats you and you know what's coming. They can't hit it. He just puts the cutter out there and says 'Here it is.' Is that the best pitch ever? It might be. - Roberto Hernandez

You don't have any soft spots when you get down to the last five, six weeks of the season... Every game is important. You can't take any opponent for granted. You just have to play every game like it's postseason stuff. You just need to get in that type of mindset. - Joe Torre

You don't always want to wait until the ninth inning to win games, but we haven't had that. That propels us, to know we can win at any time. You don't want to go into the postseason scuffling. - Dave Roberts

You can't win in the postseason unless you can manufacture runs. - Joe Morgan