Volleyball is like going to church ... many attend, but few understand.
Never back down, never fear anyone, for the best opponents will help you to play your best.
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 how simple or hard it may seem someone has done it, and so can you, With enough committed practice and confidence.
You cannot turn your winning attitude on when you think you 'need it.' You must work on it every day, every practice, every match - win or lose. Focus on playing to win, not playing to lose, for there is a season of difference between the two.
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 something significant, you're really not coaching. If a player fails in a game, the coach may have failed in practice.
The wise coach takes all the heat when his players lose, and gives them all the credit when they win.
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 about it. We will do it.
Study hard, practice hard, play ferociously.
Volleyball rules are simple. If it is on the floor, pick it up and get it into the air. If it is in the air, keep it off the floor.
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 you?'
The sport of volleyball will never give you something that you can't handle; whether you do handle it is another question.
Never mishandle hope or self-confidence - those are elements of life, not just a game.
Too many players are so afraid to do anything that they seldom venture to do anything.
Focus on winning the contest with yourself.
A coach must sometimes see players with his heart, and hear them with his eyes.
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. Being healthy goes beyond 'not being sick' (where all lab reports indicate health), to feeling optimistic, energetic, strong and happy with their bodies. Teaching them to take charge of their bodies is a job of coaching. Help them gain discipline in conditioning, nutrition and attitude/emotional control.
You have to learn every day. You can't be playing every day, but you can be practicing. If you cannot be practicing with a net and others daily, you still can be learning about the game by reading, watching and imaging. You must learn every day, if you want to be a real volleyball player.
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 we just go into the shade, let alone the darkness.
Good players win volleyball games for you, not tall players.
The pessimistic coach complains about the play. The optimistic coach expects it to change. The realistic coach adjusts what he can control.
Most of us are referees at heart; we like to call throws and errors on someone else.
There are two basic situations in volleyball - either you got the ball or you don't.
It is ok to err, but it is not ok to stop playing; it is ok to lose, but it is not ok to give up.
Kids on a team are like flowers in a bouquet, there is always one that wants to face a different way than the arranger desires.
Less effort in this game makes more results.
