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John Kessel Biography

John (Joseph Vincent) Kessel (born September 24, 1950 in Buffalo, New York) is an American author of science fiction and fantasy. He is a prolific short story writer, and the author of four solo novels, Good News From Outer Space (1989), Corrupting Dr. Nice (1997), The Moon and the Other (2017), and Pride and Prometheus (2018), and one novel, Freedom Beach (1985) in collaboration with his friend James Patrick Kelly. Kessel is married to author Therese Anne Fowler.

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Volleyball is like going to church. . . many attend, but few understand.

Attend, Church, Like, Sports, Understand, Volleyball

Players need you to care, especially when they do not deserve it.

Care, Deserve, Leadership, Player, Players, Sports

It is ok to err, but it is not ok to stop playing; it is ok to lose, but it is not ok to give up.

Err, Giving Up, Leadership, Playing, Sports, Stop

Use volleyball quotes to motivate your teammates to play hard.

Hard, Play Hard, Quotes, Use, Volleyball

No jockey ever won a race by carrying the horse across the finish line; no coach ever won a volleyball match by touching the ball during play.

Across, Coach, Horse, Sports, Volleyball

Never mishandle hope or self-confidence - those are elements of life, not just a game.

Elements, Games, Hope, Mishandle, Self Confidence, Sports

Play your heart out each game, so you can look your teammates in the eyes and ask, without saying it, 'I played full out, did you?'

Eye, Game, Heart, Play, Sports, Teammates

Shared victory is a double victory, shared defeat is half-defeat.

Double, Half, Shared, Sports, Victory

The pessimistic coach complains about the play. The optimistic coach expects it to change. The realistic coach adjusts what he can control.

Coach, Complains, Control, Optimistic, Play, Sports

Nothing makes a player more productive than the last minute.

Lasts, Minute, Player, Productive, Sports

Make your mistakes with confidence. It is the only way you are going to learn anything. Never be afraid to do a skill, no matter how simple or hard it may seem someone has done it, and so can you, With enough committed practice and confidence.

Hard, Learn, Mistake, Mistakes, Simple, Sports

An advantage to volleyball is that you have a scoreboard to tell how you have done as a team. The thing is, in life there is no scoreboard, at least not one that you can see.

Advantage, Done, Sports, Team, Tell, Volleyball

Most volleyball players are made in the winter, spring and summer, for come fall, everyone practices equal time.

Come, Fall, Players, Sports, Summer, Volleyball

There is no such thing as 'staying in shape;' you either work to get better, or you allow yourself to get worse.

Allow, Get Better, Shape, Shapes, Sports, Worse

Profit by your own mistakes and profit by the mistakes of others. The referees were calling ball handling violations like they were getting commissions.

Balls, Calling, Commissions, Mistake, Referees, Sports

There are two basic situations in volleyball - either you got the ball or you don't.

Ball, Basic, Situations, Sports, Two, Volleyball

Kids on a team are like flowers in a bouquet, there is always one that wants to face a different way than the arranger desires.

Arranger, Bouquet, Desires, Leadership, Sports, Team

If you are serious about volleyball, the only months to stop playing are those without a vowel.

Playing, Sports, Volleyball, Vowel, Vowels

The wise coach takes all the heat when his players lose, and gives them all the credit when they win.

Heat, Sports, Win, Winning, Wise

Think positive, real volleyball happens too fast to think any other way.

Real, Sports, Think, Volleyball

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