Destiny is as destiny does. If you believe you have no control, then you have no control.
Individual and team discipline ultimately come down to practicing a small set of principles over a long period of time. Success is not a matter of mastering subtle, sophisticated theory, but rather embracing common sense with uncommon levels of discipline and persistence. Said in yet another way, discipline is to an athlete what scales are to a musician. Mastering the scales is what allows the musician to perform music. Mastering the skills of self discipline is what enables a person to become an accomplished elite athlete.
Don't be afraid to hit the ball.
Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.
Anyone can support a team that is winning - it takes no courage. But to stand behind a team to defend a team when it is down and really needs you, that takes a lot of courage.
The Six W's: Work will win when wishing won't.
Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball.
It is not the size of a man but the size of his heart that matters.
I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.
A mere forty years ago, beach volleyball was just beginning. No bureaucrat would have invented it, and that's what freedom is all about.
I never did. I only prepared to win the next day.
The indoor game is much more of a team game, having to work effectively with a group of 15 to 20 people, striving to improve every day, every drill, even every contact. The beach game is much more of an individual game within a team sport, much less about organized practices with coaches and much more about just playing the game.
Most people put a hat and glasses on to go incognito. I take them off.
My dream was to be either a volleyball player or a veterinarian.
We don't have a World Series or a Super Bowl, so to be able to come home with a gold medal is amazing. I want to do it again in four more years.
A lot of people had doubts. I tried to tell people I never had doubts.
I wouldn't be the best offensive player if I didn't have a great setter. She serves me up nectar.
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 was captain of the volleyball team and the basketball team, and I ran track.
I enjoy sports, and love being involved in any outdoor sport from volleyball to softball. I'm not being immodest when I say I'm a natural athlete.
It's important to just kind of get away from your sport until you miss it. It's about taking time to enjoy other aspects of life or learn new things. It helps rejuvenate.
Superior athletes want to be accountable for their own results.
Volleyball was the hardest thing Ive ever had to do.
Don't let other people tell you what you want.
Not everything you're going to do in volleyball - or in life, for that matter - is exciting or fully functional, but if you have the willpower to make each minute count, you'll benefit in some way. And it will make you a better player and a better person in the long run.
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