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.
I started as a fourth-line fighter, went to being a third-line centre, then a second-line winger and a first-line centre. I've played every role there is, and the only thing that matters is helping the team win.
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.
You don't just be a team. You become a team. Through tough games you find that you need each other
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.
The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.
I think you can get too focused on the championship and forget how rewarding it is to be part of a team.
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