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- Perform the best you can for when you find that you perform your best, there is still so much more in volleyball to do better,…
- False teammates are like our shadows. They keep close to us when we are all walking in the sunshine, but they are gone the instant…
- If you are serious about volleyball, the only months to stop playing are those without a vowel.
- There are three choices in life and sport - either you do it, you don't do it or you think about it. Most humans think…
- Never mishandle hope or self-confidence - those are elements of life, not just a game.
- Being left-handed has its advantages in volleyball. Few people know enough about your spike and serve to give you advice.
- Profit by your own mistakes and profit by the mistakes of others. The referees were calling ball handling violations like they were getting commissions.
- The sport of volleyball will never give you something that you can't handle; whether you do handle it is another question.
- No jockey ever won a race by carrying the horse across the finish line; no coach ever won a volleyball match by touching the ball…
- Good players win volleyball games for you, not tall players.
- In volleyball there are many reasons for errors but not a single excuse.
- Volleyball is like going to church ... many attend, but few understand.
- The kind of player who has turned his game around, he used to be lousy and lazy and now he is lazy and lousy.
- Don't ask yourself what you did wrong; ask yourself what you did right.
- The substitute that thinks his place below him, will certainly be below his place.
- It's hard for these athletes to stay healthy. They are constantly being bombarded with unhealthy advertising. Peer pressure can override the body's demand for health.…
- Coaching is something that takes place only when learning does. No matter what you are doing in your practices, if your players are not learning…
- Too many players are so afraid to do anything that they seldom venture to do anything.
- Never underestimate your players; they can do it with enough game-like practice. Coaches must put more emphasis in practice and in life on making student-athletes…
- Make your mistakes with confidence. It is the only way you are going to learn anything. Never be afraid to do a skill, no matter…
- Teachers all over the nation are doing the job they are asked to do, but one they are not really prepared to do. To teach…
- 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…
- 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…
- Too many coaches have too big a mouth and not big enough ears.
- You can be harsh on your players and still coach, but it is easier when you are kind to them.
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