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
Every player should take 5 minutes to themselves before practice and mentally lock into what needs to be done.
Great effort springs naturally from great attitude.
Being a part of success is more important than being personally indispensable.
Confrontation simply means meeting the truth head-on.
You cannot buy experience. You have to fight for it.
Karch inspired his partners, his opponents and the world of volleyball players to be better than they were, to be great. . . In the end, who could do more for a sport than that?
You have to learn every day. You can't be playing every day, but you can be practicing. If you cannot be practicing with a net and others daily, you still can be learning about the game by reading, watching and imaging. You must learn every day, if you want to be a real volleyball player.
A good setter is like a waiter.
Once I got past my anger toward my mother, I began to excel in volleyball and modeling.
Losing strengthens you. It reveals your weaknesses so you can fix them
It's not all rainbows and ponies.
The idea that I [should] trust my eyes more than the stats, I don't buy that because I've seen magicians pull rabbits out of hats and I know that the rabbit's not in there.
The minute you start talking about what you're going to do if you lose, you have lost.
It's a serve and pass game.
I think the hard part is over. Now it's time for us to play.
I went to a strict elementary school with nuns, and uniforms that I'm pretty sure were made out of sandpaper. It was an academic, sports-oriented place. I liked to read, and wanted to act, and didn't try out for volleyball. I was weird. The other girls would dip my hair in ink and stuff.
It takes courage not only to make decisions, but to live with those decisions afterward
Perform the best you can for when you find that you perform your best, there is still so much more in volleyball to do better, harder, faster, and smarter. It is just like when you go for a long journey. You go as far as you can see, and when you get there, you can see farther.
We do not win championships with girls. We win with competitors
