Trying simply provides an excuse for not doing.
Nothing makes a player more productive than the last minute.
Too many players are so afraid to do anything that they seldom venture to do anything.
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.
An advantage to volleyball is that you have a scoreboard to tell how you have done as a team. The thing is, in life there is no scoreboard, at least not one that you can see.
The wise coach takes all the heat when his players lose, and gives them all the credit when they win.