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

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. —

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.

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

There are two basic situations in volleyball - either you got the ball or you don't.

There are three choices in life and sport - either you do it, you don't do it or you think about it. Most humans think about it. We will do it.

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.