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. —

No jockey ever won a race by carrying the horse across the finish line; no coach ever won a volleyball match by touching the ball during play.

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

The sport of volleyball will never give you something that you can't handle; whether you do handle it is another question.

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.

Volleyball is like going to church ... many attend, but few understand.

The pessimistic coach complains about the play. The optimistic coach expects it to change. The realistic coach adjusts what he can control.