#layoff

I think the state has some serious problems. Just look at the layoffs going on across the state, not just in Chicago. It affects the middle class. It pushes people down. ↗

— Richard M. Daley

#affects #chicago #class #down #going

I've been on teams that lost a hundred games in a season. I've been on teams that had a shot to make the playoffs and fizzled out at the end. ↗

— Chili Davis

#end #games #had #hundred #i

None of the teams that actually probably were offering me a job from the getgo, actually in spring training, are in the playoffs right now. ↗

— Pedro Martinez

#job #me #none #now #offering

There's ups and downs with boxing, layoffs are part of the sport and they can either help or hurt a guy. ↗

— Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

#downs #either #guy #help #hurt

The playoffs are the playoffs. You just play who is put in front of you. ↗

— Steve Nash

#just #play #playoffs #put #who

I don't want to just go to the playoffs, I don't want to go to the playoffs and win the first round, second round, and not win the whole thing because it's bittersweet. ↗

— Allen Iverson

#bittersweet #first #go #i #just

I'm not going to fight because I mean too much to our team, and I can't afford to be suspended for a game or do something stupid to get me kicked out of a playoff game. ↗

— LeBron James

#because #fight #game #get #going

I think we have played like a playoff team for some time. We can still do better. The key thing right now is to look forward, not behind you. ↗

— Teemu Selanne

#better #forward #i #i think #key