It's hard for these athletes to stay healthy. They are constantly being bombarded with unhealthy advertising. Peer pressure can override the body's demand for health. Being healthy goes beyond 'not being sick' (where all lab reports indicate health), to feeling optimistic, energetic, strong and happy with their bodies. Teaching them to take charge of their bodies is a job of coaching. Help them gain discipline in conditioning, nutrition and attitude/emotional control.

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

Too many players are so afraid to do anything that they seldom venture to do anything.

Play your heart out each game, so you can look your teammates in the eyes and ask, without saying it, 'I played full out, did you?'

It is ok to err, but it is not ok to stop playing; it is ok to lose, but it is not ok to give up.

Ethics is for people with full bellies.