Volleyball Quotes - Page 6

I have had to change the game to one that is a match of wits rather than brawn to give myself a fighting chance.

I’m stuck babysitting turtle eggs while a volleyball player slash grease monkey slash aquarium volunteer tries to hit on me.” I’m not hitting on you,” he protested. No?” Believe me, you’d know if I was hitting on you. You wouldn’t be able to stop yourself from succumbing to my charms.

A mere forty years ago, beach volleyball was just beginning. No bureaucrat would have invented it, and that's what freedom is all about.

The truth is that many people set rules to keep from making decisions. Not me. I don't want to be a manager or a dictator. I want to be a leader-and leadership is ongoing, adjustable, flexible, and dynamic. As such, leaders have to maintain a certain amount of discretion

Superior athletes want to be accountable for their own results. —

I was fortunate to start the sport at a young age. I was 6 years old when my dad started teaching me. We started playing tournaments together when I was 11, in the lower ranking of beach volleyball in California. We weren't playing against kids; we played against grown men, so immediately, I had to raise my game to compete.

Being left-handed has its advantages in volleyball. Few people know enough about your spike and serve to give you advice.

We weren't more physical than Russia, we didn't play faster than Brazil, but we 'out-teamed' our opponents.

Volleyball is a Jewish sport. It's fun, and nobody can get hurt.

My body is a vehicle for the mechanics of my sport.

Great organisations choose principles over people. When you give up on the principles, sooner or later you will break down.

The bagger is the technique of lazy.

This year's Olympics will be replacing the women's beach volleyball bikinis with uniforms that are less revealing. The stricter dress code was made to appease the conservative nation of 'Buzzkillistan.'

If you sacrifice early, you'll win late.

Destiny is as destiny does. If you believe you have no control, then you have no control.

Having the capacity to lead is not enough. The leader must be willing to use it.

To achieve success, whatever the job we have, we must pay a price

Demonstration of individual talent involves originality and it is easy to destroy natural talent.

Victories come when their time comes. Often later than you wish. Patience is an essential quality of a coach's profession.

You don’t have to be at every volleyball game. We can’t guilt ourselves.

Being 5' 10", I was supposed to be too short to play college volleyball. So that gave me the hunger and the fire to say, Oh yeah? I'd just hit the crap out of the ball.

I was supposed to be too short to play college volleyball.

I got the nickname Spitfire for a reason - I burned inside to play volleyball.

The essence of the best thinking in the area of time management (practice planning) can be captured in a single phrase: Organize and execute around priorities

Anyone serious about playing indoor, you should play outdoor.