Volleyball Quotes - Page 3

I'll let the racket do the talking.

It takes courage not only to make decisions, but to live with those decisions afterward

Bill Walton, UH Volleyball coach, after his player kept looking at him on the bench every time the ball hit the floor...Next time you look at me I'll put you on the bench where you can see me better. My basic principle is that you don't make decisions because they are easy; you don't make them because they are cheap; you don't make them because they are popular. You make them because they are right.

When you lose a couple of times, it makes you realize how difficult it is to win.

When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat.

There should be a class on drugs. There should be a class on sex education-a real sex education class-not just pictures and diaphragms and 'un-logical' terms and things like that.....there should be a class on scams, there should be a class on religious cults, there should be a class on police brutality, there should be a class on apartheid, there should be a class on racism in America, there should be a class on why people are hungry, but there are not, there are classes on gym, physical education, let's learn volleyball.

If there is a defining aspect of UNC women's soccer, and its success, it is what we call the competitive cauldron. It is the pinnacle of our program. The great part about the cauldron is that it fosters a quality we can all possess. It isn't a talent we are born with. Competitive drive is not governed by innate ability, but by self-discipline and desire

There's zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas.

There's no such thing as coulda, shoulda, or woulda. If you shoulda and coulda, you woulda done it.

In leadership, there are no words more important than trust. In any organization, trust must be developed among every member of the team if success is going to be achieved

After the game is before the game.

Sometimes it is more important to discover what one cannot do, than what one can do.

'Concentrate on measuring performance and winning will take care of itself'. That is a brilliant excuse for coming second.

A lot of people had doubts. I tried to tell people I never had doubts.

It's a serve and pass game.

Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all time thing. You don't win once in a while, you don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.

Great genetics are not necessarily a precursor for success in the game. Brazilian Legend Pelé has often said that soccer stars are not born. Without proper soccer training a player will never reach his full potential. It is true that great speed would benefit someone who plays as a winger but would not be as useful for a goalkeeper. The greatest advantage of soccer is that it is not as discriminating as basketball or volleyball. There are no limitations when it comes to physique and it all comes down to individual soccer skills.

I'm stronger than I think I am. Mentally, physically.

People want to be on a team. They want to be part of something bigger than themselves. They want to be in a situation where they feel that they are doing something for the greater good.

The indoor game is much more of a team game, having to work effectively with a group of 15 to 20 people, striving to improve every day, every drill, even every contact. The beach game is much more of an individual game within a team sport, much less about organized practices with coaches and much more about just playing the game.

Volleyball is not like a formula so we must give players some freedom.

I don't want to be put on a pedestal. I want to be known as a nice and normal person, but my skills are a little more excelled.

If you want to stay fit, surround yourself with a couple of chicks who are fired up, so that the one day you're not, you can feed off their energy.

Most people put a hat and glasses on to go incognito. I take them off.

It really doesn't matter how long. If you practice with your (body), no amount is enough. If you practice with your head, two hours is plenty.