Volleyball Quotes · Page 8

'Acting as if...' I decided, ridiculously in retrospect, that my experience covering women's volleyball for my college newspaper was sufficient for me…

— Samantha Power

I grew up playing everything from rugby, football, baseball, volleyball, bike races and boxing. I tried martial arts, loved to ride horses…

— Barry Pepper

My mentality has always been, If I'm not the best at something, then I might as well be the best at something…

— Gigi Hadid

There are five fundamental qualities that make every team great: communication, trust, collective responsibility, caring and pride. I like to think of…

— Mike Krzyzewski

We are all going to fall short. We are going to have some bitter losses, very painful defeats and failures. We have…

— Karch Kiraly

Individual and team discipline ultimately come down to practicing a small set of principles over a long period of time. Success is…

— Mike Hebert

I had learned volleyball in the Navy, where all the captains and admirals wanted to be spikers, and I found then that…

— James A. Michener

One of the most unfortunate things I see when identifying youth players is the girl who is told over the years how…

— Anson Dorrance

The biggest concern with female athletes is they don't naturally compete. And so I think a part of what we do here…

— Anson Dorrance

Brandon McCaw and Johnson Joseph are the best beach volleyball champions in the world. Their record is 567,356,864,367 wins and 0 losses.…

— Brandon McCaw

I was working in the same building as U.S. News & World Report, and I banged on the door and said, "I'm…

— Samantha Power

You know the opposing team is bad when their first server whips out an underhand serve.

— Anonymous

Basketball is not my favorite, but I enjoy playing it and it's helped my volleyball.

— Jordan Larson

I would prefer to tell a young player what to do than how to do it.

— Greg Chappell

I play volleyball on the beach. It's a great way to work out and have fun.

— Jessica Sanchez

Superior athletes want to be accountable for their own results. —

— Marv Dunphy

I got an award for Most Improved Player for volleyball in tenth grade that I cared about a lot.

— Ari Shaffir

You don’t have to be at every volleyball game. We can’t guilt ourselves.

— Ursula Burns

Volleyball was a lot of fun, but I knew it wasn't my sport.

— Elena Delle Donne

I'd rather get a floor burn than letting a ball hit the floor.

— Anonymous

Volleyball is just a more intense version of 'Don't let the balloon touch the floor.'

— Anonymous

Adversity, if you allow it to, will fortify you and make you the best you can be.

— Kerri Walsh

I think the hard part is over. Now it's time for us to play.

— Kerri Walsh

The United States has a superb cadre of coaches, some of the best minds of volleyball ever, and I aspire to join…

— Karch Kiraly

I try to see each new season as a new challenge because I have a new team to work with, new opponents…

— Mike Krzyzewski

In beach volleyball, there are only two of you on the court, so it's so easy for things to go south and…

— Brooke Sweat

In high school, I played basketball, volleyball, soccer, baseball, badminton - two sports every season - and I was named female athlete…

— Gail Kim

You have to work hard at staying in contact with your friends so that the relationships will continue and live on... Friendships,…

— Mike Krzyzewski

We've Tweeted him, we've stalked him [on] Facebook. We thought because he was so into volleyball he would have got back to…

— April Ross

Leadership is based on a spiritual quality; the power to inspire, the power to inspire others to follow

— Vince Lombardi

Victories come when their time comes. Often later than you wish. Patience is an essential quality of a coach's profession.

— Viacheslav Platonov

Leaders have to give time for relationships. But more demands will be placed on their time as they become more successful. So…

— Mike Krzyzewski

I hear all theses negative things about me on social media. People saying I can't play basketball & volleyball, but guess what…

— Kristen Farah

I wanted to be a pro volleyball player, and I fell in love with performance and audience response. The pressure of performing…

— Dan Payne

This year's Olympics will be replacing the women's beach volleyball bikinis with uniforms that are less revealing. The stricter dress code was…

— Conan O'Brien

“Compassion speaks with a slight accent. She was a vulnerable child, miserable in school, cold, shy … In ninth grade she was…

— J. Ruth Gendler

When three-quarters of the tournaments were being held in parking lots and other artificial locations, that was a growing frustration for me…

— Karch Kiraly

What's not to love about us! People got to know Misty and me in Athens. We've continued to be successful and continued…

— Kerri Walsh

I played volleyball for Brown University and loved playing there. I played all four years and was captain my senior year. Second…

— Lauren Gibbs

I don't even feel the sting on my arms anymore when I pass the ball.

— Anonymous