Best John Kessel Quotes
- Coaches and players at the start must think their way through problems where a more experienced person would react out of habit and memory. One… All
- An advantage to volleyball is that you have a scoreboard to tell how you have done as a team. The thing is, in life there… Advantage
- Too many coaches have too big a mouth and not big enough ears. Big
- You can be harsh on your players and still coach, but it is easier when you are kind to them. Coach
- Coaches need to have the ability of tact - to teach the team to rub out mistakes rather than to rub them in. Ability
- Never back down, never fear anyone, for the best opponents will help you to play your best. Anyone
- Think positive, real volleyball happens too fast to think any other way. Any
- The meaning of volleyball, is to give meaning to volleyball, as the meaning of coaching is to give meaning to coaching. Coaching
- You must allow your players to become the athletes they can be. Don't make them into anything just to become the kind of winners fans,… Allow
- There are two basic situations in volleyball - either you got the ball or you don't. Ball
- Nothing makes a player more productive than the last minute. Last
- Less effort in this game makes more results. Effort
- Most volleyball players are made in the winter, spring and summer, for come fall, everyone practices equal time. Equal
- Coaches must be flexible, for then they won't get bent out of shape. Bent
- Work hard - beat out half the team. Be committed, play fair as a team player - Beat out another quarter of the team. The… Another Quarter
- There is no such thing as 'staying in shape;' you either work to get better, or you allow yourself to get worse. Allow
- Play your heart out each game, so you can look your teammates in the eyes and ask, without saying it, 'I played full out, did… Ask
- You cannot turn your winning attitude on when you think you 'need it.' You must work on it every day, every practice, every match -… Attitude
- Most of us are referees at heart; we like to call throws and errors on someone else. Call
- Shared victory is a double victory, shared defeat is half-defeat. Defeat
- Focus on winning the contest with yourself. Contest
- Alter strategies and tactics, but never your principles. Alter
- Trying simply provides an excuse for not doing. Excuse
- There is nothing less important in life than the score after one game of a two out of three game match. Game
- A coach must sometimes see players with his heart, and hear them with his eyes. Coach