Volleyball Quotes - Page 11

• Besides surfing, I play tennis, volleyball, I swim, I run hills, or I do high-intensity, high-interval workouts. I'm up at 5 A.M. every day.

  Bethany Hamilton

  Running, Workout, Play

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• If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn't make your house look any better.

  Lou Holtz

  Sports, Football, College

  Twitter post from Aug 24, 2011

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• Bill Walton, UH Volleyball coach, after his player kept looking at him on the bench every time the ball hit the floor...Next time you look at me I'll put you on the bench where you can see me better. My basic principle is that you don't make decisions because they are easy; you don't make them because they are cheap; you don't make them because they are popular. You make them because they are right.

  Theodore Hesburgh

  Leadership, Sports, Player

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• I know when things are going to get me a little nervous, because nervous to me feels good.

  Misty May-Treanor

  Inspirational, Funny, Feel Good

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• I don't want to be put on a pedestal. I want to be known as a nice and normal person, but my skills are a little more excelled.

  Misty May-Treanor

  Inspirational, Funny, Nice

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• 'Concentrate on measuring performance and winning will take care of itself'. That is a brilliant excuse for coming second.

  Clive Woodward

  Winning, Care, Brilliant

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• We've Tweeted him, we've stalked him [on] Facebook. We thought because he was so into volleyball he would have got back to us. But no luck so far.

  April Ross

  Girl, Country, Luck

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• 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.

  Michael Jordan

  Dog, Practice, Games

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• We weren't more physical than Russia, we didn't play faster than Brazil, but we 'out-teamed' our opponents.

  Hugh McCutcheon

  Russia, Play, Brazil

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• 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.

  Billy Beane

  Eye, Ideas, Rabbits

  "How computer analysts took over at Britain's top football clubs" by Tim Lewis, www.theguardian.com. March 9, 2014.

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• You cannot buy experience. You have to fight for it.

  Marc Wilmots

  Fighting

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• It's not all rainbows and ponies.

  Hugh McCutcheon

  Rainbow, Ponies

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• After the game is before the game.

  Sepp Herberger

  Games

  "Miracle Men" by Barbara Smit, www.theguardian.com. July 24, 2004.

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• We're a team, and just by the nature of our sport, we're always promoted together. I think we are definitely two different people with two different personalities, but we're always linked.

  Misty May-Treanor

  Inspirational, Funny, Sports

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• "By analogy, if we were to develop a soccer team, then we would not invite basketball and volleyball players to the try outs. We would invite soccer players to apply."

  Jean-Marie Le Pen

  Inspirational, Basketball, Soccer

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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, Giving, Coaching

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

  John Kessel

  Sports, Real, Thinking

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• The bagger is the technique of lazy.

  Daniele Bagnoli

  Lazy, Technique, Bagger

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• 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.

  K. Anders Ericsson

  Practice, Two, Long

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• Every player should take 5 minutes to themselves before practice and mentally lock into what needs to be done.

  Jeff Boals

  Player, Practice, Needs

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• Play with heart; Play with passion; Play within yourself; Have fun; Play like a champion.

  Jim Tressel

  Fun, Passion, Heart

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• Leaders have to give time for relationships. But more demands will be placed on their time as they become more successful. So if a person's success is based on developing relationships, then they have to continually find new ways of getting it done

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Successful, Giving, Leader

  Mike Krzyzewski, Donald T. Phillips (2010). “Leading with the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life”, p.26, Hachette UK

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• Fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

  Roy Keane

  Inspirational, Motivational, Soccer

  Roy Keane, Eamon Dunphy (2002). “Keane: The Autobiography”

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• The best and fastest way to learn a sport is to watch and imitate a champion.

  Jean-Claude Killy

  Leadership, Sports, Champion

  Jean Claude Killy, Michael Halstead (1978). “Situation Skiing”, Doubleday Books

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• The more I practice, the luckier I get.

  Jerry Barber

  Sports, Golf, Practice

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