Quotes on Volleyball

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

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

Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.

Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you're in control, they're in control.

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

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.

I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.

It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.

There are no shortcuts. I approached practices the same way I approached games. You can't turn it on and off like a faucet. I couldn't dog it during practice and then, when I needed that extra push late in the game, expect it to be there. Very few people get anywhere by taking shortcuts.

You have to work hard AND well. There are a lot of people who work hard but not well.

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

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.

After a while, your coaching development ceases to be about finding newer ways to organize practice. In other words, you soon stop collecting drills. Your development as a coach shifts to observing how great coaches teach, motivate, lead, and drive players to performances at higher and higher levels

If I was renowned as as tough coach, I also wanted to be a caring one

I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down.

Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.

Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball.

Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.

I celebrate a victory when I start walking off the field. By the time I get to the locker room, I'm done.

The good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It's your mind you have to convince.

Somewhere behind the athlete you've become and the hours of practice and the coaches who have pushed you is a little girl who fell in love with the game and never looked back... play for her.