Volleyball Quotes - Page 5

Rest, rest, rest, rest, rest. Nutrition is obviously very important, but rest is equally important. At rest is when your body is trying to recover.

If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn't make your house look any better.

Volleyball, I could be pretty good. After a few practices I could be that striker, or whatever they call it.

Coaching is about finding a system that works for your players. There are some underlying principles which are applied in any coaching situation but it's about picking the lock to get this group of players to play the best volleyball they're capable of playing for a long period of time.

I think any time people behave in a way that's truly them, then they'll never fail. You get in trouble when you try to copy others.

Being a professional means doing your job on the days you don't want to do it

The idea that I [should] trust my eyes more than the stats, I don't buy that because I've seen magicians pull rabbits out of hats and I know that the rabbit's not in there.

We've Tweeted him, we've stalked him [on] Facebook. We thought because he was so into volleyball he would have got back to us. But no luck so far.

I've never known a man worth his salt who, in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn't appreciate the grind, the discipline

When asked about which team is the toughest team in the league, responded with an answer that all volleyball players must comprehend. He said simply that it was, 'The team you are playing.'

Confrontation simply means meeting the truth head-on.

Don't be a spectator, don't let life pass you by

We play at the world's most beautiful beaches but in the world's most challenging conditions. It is not like you play one match and you go back to air conditioning. We do it all day long.

Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.

I always have a million things going on at once, but I try to put my energy into the most immediate need.

After the 1984 Summer Olympics, Reagan wanted to add the U.S. volleyball team to his Cabinet. He figured if they can't shove his programs down Congress' throat, nobody can.

I've heard people say that maybe we'd be better served had we lost. I was kind of wondering what profession they were in. I wouldn't want a lawyer representing me to think like that. I wouldn't want a doctor operating on me to think like that.

Leaders should be reliable without being predictable. They should be consistent without being anticipated

It's the best. And the job site isn't too bad, either.

Good players win volleyball games for you, not tall players.

Practice is the battle you must win.

It's not all rainbows and ponies.

I had to start boxing because I missed working on something and learning and I guess there's a little more aggression in boxing. I couldn't really get that side of me out, but I used to be able to by hitting a volleyball. That's why I started boxing.

Ambiguity is the devil's volleyball.

I grew up playing everything from rugby, football, baseball, volleyball, bike races and boxing. I tried martial arts, loved to ride horses and I'm the youngest of three brothers, so it was a fiercely competitive family.