John Kessel Quotes - Page 2

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• There is nothing less important in life than the score after one game of a two out of three game match.

  John Kessel

  Sports, Games, Two

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• 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.

  John Kessel

  Leadership, Sports, Team

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

  John Kessel

  Sports, Get Better, Shapes

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

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  Sports, Volleyball, Real

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• Less effort in this game makes more results.

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  Sports, Games, Effort

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• You can be harsh on your players and still coach, but it is easier when you are kind to them.

  John Kessel

  Sports, Player, Kind

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• I am here to give my players the little push they need, just like they needed long ago, when first learning the art of the swing. All you needed then was a little push, and quickly you were pumping away, flying higher and higher, without any more help from the 'coach.'

  John Kessel

  Sports, Art, Player

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• The kind of player who has turned his game around, he used to be lousy and lazy and now he is lazy and lousy.

  John Kessel

  Sports, Player, Games

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• Don't ask yourself what you did wrong; ask yourself what you did right.

  John Kessel

  Sports, Asks

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• The substitute that thinks his place below him, will certainly be below his place.

  John Kessel

  Sports, Thinking, Substitutes

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• If there is something a coach might wish to see changed in a player or team, the first place to check and see if it could not be done better is in yourself.

  John Kessel

  Leadership, Sports, Team

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• Never underestimate your players; they can do it with enough game-like practice. Coaches must put more emphasis in practice and in life on making student-athletes aware of what they could or can do, rather than what they couldn't or presently can't do. The focus must be on solutions, not problems; what is wanted, not what is feared.

  John Kessel

  Sports, Athlete, Player

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• Teachers all over the nation are doing the job they are asked to do, but one they are not really prepared to do. To teach volleyball as a physical activity that is also a positive experience. If you care about volleyball, help these teachers have fun and learn more of this great game. Teach the teachers.

  John Kessel

  Sports, Volleyball, Teacher

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• Coaches and players at the start must think their way through problems where a more experienced person would react out of habit and memory. One must not gain this experience, however, without being careful of empty redundancy. Do not fall into the error of the artist who boasts of 20 years of experience at his craft while, in fact, all he has had is one year - 20 times.

  John Kessel

  Sports, Memories, Fall

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• Work hard - beat out half the team. Be committed, play fair as a team player - Beat out another quarter of the team. The last quarter is your desire and beliefs, and where you are playing.

  John Kessel

  Sports, Team, Hard Work

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• The meaning of volleyball, is to give meaning to volleyball, as the meaning of coaching is to give meaning to coaching.

  John Kessel

  Sports, Volleyball, Giving

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• Coaches must be flexible, for then they won't get bent out of shape.

  John Kessel

  Sports, Shapes, Bent

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

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  Summer, Sports, Volleyball

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• Coaches need to have the ability of tact - to teach the team to rub out mistakes rather than to rub them in.

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  Sports, Mistake, Team

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• Nothing makes a player more productive than the last minute.

  John Kessel

  Sports, Player, Lasts

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• You must allow your players to become the athletes they can be. Don't make them into anything just to become the kind of winners fans, friends and others think they must be.

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  Sports, Athlete, Player

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

  John Kessel

  Sports, Volleyball, Vowels

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• Ethics is for people with full bellies.

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  People, Ethics, Belly

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• Use volleyball quotes to motivate your teammates to play hard.

  John Kessel

  Volleyball, Play Hard, Use

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

  John Kessel

  Leadership, Sports, Player

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