A common mistake among those who work in sport is spending a disproportional amount of time on "x's and o's" as compared to time spent learning about people.
When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat.
Discipline is not a nasty word.
Adversity, if you allow it to, will fortify you and make you the best you can be.
Everyone talks about age, but it's not about age. It's about work ethic. Winning never gets old.
Physically I'm not as strong as I was, but I try to make up for it mentally. It's a big challenge, and I relish it, competing with guys half my age.
The beach game taught me great lessons about how to elevate the play of my teammate, or teammates, and how to anticipate and expect the ball so much more than the indoor game ever could. It taught me - even forced me - to be a much better all-around player. That allowed me to help our USA Olympic Team in many more ways than I ever could have otherwise.
If you are serious about volleyball, the only months to stop playing are those without a vowel.
Losing strengthens you. It reveals your weaknesses so you can fix them
The best and fastest way to learn a sport is to watch and imitate a champion.
Volleyball is not like a formula so we must give players some freedom.
I’d say I was a tomboy. . . I took wood chop in high school and I was very into volleyball and football, and [was] very unaware of anything girly for a long time.
A mere forty years ago, beach volleyball was just beginning. No bureaucrat would have invented it, and that's what freedom is all about.
All I want out of life is that when I walk down the street, folks will say, "There goes the greatest hitter who ever lived. "
I don't care how good you play, you can find somebody who can beat you, and I don't care how bad you play, you can find somebody you can beat.
Play with heart; Play with passion; Play within yourself; Have fun; Play like a champion.
'Acting as if. . . ' I decided, ridiculously in retrospect, that my experience covering women's volleyball for my college newspaper was sufficient for me to at least try to become a war correspondent.
If you are not prepared, you cannot work out intensely. If you do not perform, you cannot get results, and if you can't do your best to recover, you won't get the benefits of your hard work.
It really doesn't matter how long. If you practice with your (body), no amount is enough. If you practice with your head, two hours is plenty.
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.