If I can help my teammate or teammates play at a level they've never played at before, then it doesn't even matter so much how I play.
Interpretation
True success in sports comes from elevating others rather than simply focusing on personal performance.
This quote emphasizes the importance of teamwork and selflessness in achieving success. Karch Kiraly expresses that his priority lies in helping his teammates reach new heights in their performance, suggesting that the collective achievement of the team is more significant than individual accolades.
In practice
In a sports team meeting to inspire cooperation and collaboration.
Not everything you're going to do in volleyball - or in life, for that matter - is exciting or fully functional, but if you have the willpower to make each minute count, you'll benefit in some way. And it will make you a better player and a better person in the long run.
Al was already a legend when I got to campus. You wanted to play for the best? You went to UCLA to play for Al Scates.
And I really felt like I would regret never accomplishing my goals on the beach, or missing special moments with my kids, more than I would miss winning a third gold medal.
No volleyball play can begin without a serve, and the serve is the only technique that is totally under your control. In other endeavors, you cannot succeed without believing in yourself, and that belief is completely under your control.
One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.
We took pride in representing where we came from, took pride in being from small places, and places all around the world and being able to come together and make ourselves into a team, into a group of guys with one goal and get that done.
Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.
I felt like when we came back from the All-Star break we needed everybody to feel like they were part of the team, ... I'm just trying to do whatever the team needs at any given time.
Basketball is a great mystery. You can do everything right. You can have the perfect mix of talent and the best system of offense in the game. You can devise a foolproof defensive strategy and prepare your players for every possible eventuality. But if the players donβt have a sense of oneness as a group, your efforts wonβt pay off. And the bond that unites a team can be so fragile, so elusive.
I think that's the way we play our best cricket, when we're aggressive, we're in the fight together, we're hunting as a pack as one and we're working for each other and backing our mates up on the field. That's part of being an Australian, in my opinion.
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